I Run This

Taking a peek back at the last post it has been a few months since I have updated. Summer has come and gone and I am back into the full swing of school. Health wise I had a fabulous summer, only had a small set back two weeks ago when I picked up this summer cold that everyone has had and it took me almost as long to beat it. Anyone who knows anything about MS knows why that is! I am almost back to full speed ahead and it is a good thing because tomorrow I am running a 5K to raise money for the MS Society. As I was laying out my clothes for the race tomorrow I realized I am fast approaching the three year anniversary of my diagnosis, in fact I am just about 20 days out. As I think back to that day and all that went through my mind, and I recall physically how I felt, running let alone running a 5K wasn't anything I ever expected to be in my future. This will be my 17th 5K in 9 months, I would say I am beating the odds! Tomorrow will not be about me, tomorrow will be about all of my fellow MS'ers. Tomorrow will be about those who are unable to enjoy a quality of life they once knew, tomorrow will be about raising money to find a cure for this monster that has taken so much from those of us who have to live our lives everyday knowing that right now there is no cure. I am lucky, by the grace of God I am able to live a somewhat normal life but it it cannot be said enough that you should not judge my disability by my outward appearance. Just the other day a good friend mentioned how I seem to have beat my MS and in response to that I said that I suffer everyday. I have vision issues, I even have cognitive issues from time to time, but I know that life has to go on and I have to get up and go everyday that I can. Please continue to pray for a cure, some are not as blessed as I have been.