Yikes! it has been a while since I posted

Tom and I have recently set up Facebook accounts. It has been a lot of fun. There is a kind of instant gratification about posts on Facebook. I don't stress about what to write - like I tend to do on my blog. I can just blurt a sentence or two and go on. It is also fun to reconnect with people we haven't seen for years.
I really had awesome friends from Elementary School, Middle School, High School and College, it is great to be able to get small Facebook sized glimpses of their lives.

This Christmas season Tom and I have had some homeowner challenges along with all of the fun of the Holidays. As frustrating as that has been, I have not forgotten what I am really thankful for- my family and their health. Sophie has grown in leaps and bounds and is doing very well with her hearing aids. Emma's arm was able to heal without surgery and my mom won't need knee surgery until this summer. YAY!

In the last couple of months I have had three friends who have been fighting cancer. It is such a crappy illness. I know that is a complete understatement.

I have such an admiration and respect for my friends and their loved ones that are dealing with this rotten disease. They are survivors and the bravest warriors I have ever known.


With all of the Holiday hubbub over, I was reminded today of how much I take my body for granted. Last night I had read a friends post about their cancer battle and went to bed sad for them.

This morning I woke up with aches and pains in both knees. I could feel that my knee that had the ACL reconstruction surgery was really sore and swollen and my good knee was sore from being limped on the previous day. I was feeling a bit annoyed at my body.

THEN . . . . I GOT IT . . .

My body was reminding me I needed to move MORE. I went downstairs and rode my bike trainer for 45 mins - and amazingly both knees felt great!

As I was getting ready for work and getting the kids off to school I thought about how in our lives everything lasts longer when it stays in use. I also remembered the number one reason our family swims, bikes and runs:

We do it because we can.

It is for all of the people out there who can't, but they still face the daily battles of walking from the bed to chair. Their effort is so much greater than mine. Tomorrow I will bike again - because I can and I don't want to waste a single day taking that for granted.