Enjoy the Sunrise!!

Happy Day! Hope each of you are doing well. We are experiencing spring like weather this week. Took off this morning with a very light weight jacket on, by the time I got home, a little jogging and walking I was sweaty and warm.

I start each day with a walk. This week I have been leaving the house around 6am. I cannot begin to explain how much that time means to me. It is always very special.

Several weeks after my major brain surgery I was walking most days of the week. The first 5-6 months I walked like a zombie. I was no longer listening to anything from my phone. No podcast, no books and very little brain activity, simply walking. I also did not walk very far or very long. At that point to walk for 30 minutes was a long walk. Many days after surgery and my 12 months of chemo therapy I would try to walk and simply had no energy. Would turn around head home and get a nap.

That has changed greatly in the last several months!!

I still don’t listen to any music, podcast or books. I simply walk, enjoy the time and think about life.

For several months I have had morning’s that were cold, very cold. That no longer mattered. I would put on layers of clothes, stocking hat, warm gloves and I was ready to go. The temp, wind and often a light rain, I was walking. The time has been and continues to be very special. It is warming up, but the clothing is not what has mattered. It is the time to get out and walk, think, pray, simply enjoy the opportunity I still have to live life.

There was a time, many years ago that I honestly believed walking was a waste of time. Did not understand why anyone would take time to get out for a walk. Wow! A great example of the many things I did not understand. I would never choose the journey I have been on the last 26 months. And I would say… “if you have to navigate life with a terminal brain tumor God, has been so gracious with me.”

I continue to learn many things about life. None of us know when our time is up. If you and I are breathing, we have today!!!! Today may have some very real challenges, in many different ways. I get that and understand it is not simply terminal cancer, challenges happen in many different ways.

If life is throwing you some difficult challenges. Deal with those and navigate them the best you can! And consider taking a small amount of time, doing something small to remind yourself…..

“YOU ARE LOVED AND OF GREAT VALUE”