A Year Later

Spent the weekend in Green Bay with my parents and sis. We celebrated Mother's Day a week late, and I ran with Dad in his first cancer-free 5K! We played a ton of Rook and some Black Queen, ate lots of good food, laughed, watched some Lifetime Movies, and got up entirely too early today to run the race. Dad and I were wishing that the other sisters could have run with us, but there were schedule conflicts and a fractured foot that got in the way. Thankfully we had a gorgeous morning to run - a bit cool, but the sun was shining and there was significantly less wind than yesterday (when it was blowing 30 mph all day) and no rain. Yes!

In twelve days it will be one year from when Dad first called me to say he had cancer. It is crazy how thinking of that day brings back very raw emotions and it feels like it was literally yesterday. It is also crazy how thinking of the year since then can seem like five years. So much took place over this year. As soon as he was diagnosed we said that we wanted to run a race - a cancer-free race. We made him a shirt for Christmas a month after we found out he was in remission. We are so thankful for, and continue to pray for, healing in his body. And we look forward to doing many more cancer-free races!