Fast Running Mommy

I had a great run today. 12 minute mile pace finally felt EASY like it used to. That was miraculous for me. I was beginning to wonder if it would ever feel easy again and if I would recover okay on the sleep I've been getting. 

William was blessed yesterday. It was the most beautiful blessing I've ever heard and really it wasn't because it was my own child. The sister teaching Sunday School said at the beginning of class that she still needed to compose herself. She had wept during the blessing and the strange thing is that she said she has never cried at any blessing except that of her own children. She is in her 60's and has been to many.

It makes me wonder what special child I have been chosen to raise...it changed my perspective on my mothering and made me feel the responsibility I have to make sure these children leave my home as spiritual as they came to me.  

12:30 pace..nice and easy. yay...I'm still so glad that that pace is easy again. 

i had a rough day yesterday...really tired. Guess my body is still recovering..go figure...I think I was having digestive problems. Sasha says when I feel that way I should come and kiss him and I'll feel better. :) 

So I had this crazy thought last night. If 12:30 pace felt easy then maybe I could go faster...hmmm....didn't know if it would work. 

I started out brisk today and was going 10:40 pace for the first mile!! Slowed down a bit but ended up with overall time of 11:12 per mile. Wow!! Thanks for healing body...it will be nice to stay at that pace for a few months until I get my miles up again. Not sure what my goal should be but I'm grateful for little miracles.

Sasha and I have been laughing all day yesterday and today about his magic lips.( read yesterdays blog and comments) He ended up running alone with a lady this morning...definitely  not my favorite thing and I made sure he didn't tell her about his magic lips. No...he was innocent and she is bringing a friend tomorrow.  

Pushed too hard yesterday I guess and was tuckered out today. I can't overtire myself because I have post pardom symptoms if I overwork and make myself nutso. Let's keep Mama sane today I say.

A heroin and meth addict around the corner overdosed yesterday and passed away.

The only problem is that this particular addict was my friend.

Her name was Sarah.

She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl that she and her boyfriend adored...only four days after William was born.

We prayed for her and her boyfriend every night.

We hoped we could make a difference in her life.

I'm still praying that we did.
 

i've only actually run 1 but I'm blogging now because things are mostly quiet. 

Has anyone seen the doghouse commercial from JCPenny? My friend told me about it but I have a dumb computer and can't load things like that. She said there were a bunch of guys in trouble with their wives for bad presents like an exercise bike...I might like that but I guess it's not romantic. Sasha said he'd get me a jungle gym for my birthday?!? That was supposed to be for the kids. I wanted pretty serving dishes...I guess I'll have to do my own shopping this year. Anwyay...who buys a swingset in December?

Nice and easy....leg hurting a little