Praying i can run again

Daisies
This exact spot is the leading contender for my first week back to GNP. T-minus two weeks.

Been 11 months since the first retina tear repair surgery.

A few weeks after the first surgery, the retina re-tore and i had a second retina repair surgery.

And of course, months later a third eye surgery. The left-eye cataract surgery was radically accelerated by the steroid drops from the first two surgeries.

Presently trying to remain under-excited, to manage my expectations after three eye surgeries.

Had expected to be in Glacier three months last summer. The August and September eye surgeries shaved two months off of the 2023 plan.

To describe my excitement and gratitude for returning in 2024 is difficult.

It easily could sound like these things:

Off the charts.

Through the roof.

Best day ever.

Etc.

However, 2024 is just another in a long number (12, maybe 13) of consecutive Glacier Summer visits.

Business as usual it’s often called.

Contextual note: Initially, last August before the first surgery, Dr. Kumar said i wouldn’t normally need cataract surgery for 10-15 years. But after his first retina repair, he said i would need cataract surgery (left eye only) in two years. Then, after a second emergency retina repair i immediately needed cataract surgery, following (hopefully) a healthy post-second-surgery recovery.

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Australia Day 19, spirit

Two elementary school student photos
If this is my sister’s 1st grade photo, this is my 5th grade photo. Two years after these photos, i made the Spring Grove Area Junior High School Track & Field varsity team.

i serve others through my roles as husband, father, and teacher. Running brings those roles to life.

dad

To teach is to learn twice.

To serve is to honor the gift of life.

To run is to honor the Universe’s ability to sustain humans.

Running is how we caught food.

Running is how we escaped being food.

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Dear running

Sunrise in Orlando
Photo taken this morning, September 10, 2016, an hour after writing this post. Red Dirt Road is barely visible bottom center.

 

Dear running,

Finding more time to pray, finding more things to pray about, and improving the quality (depth) of my prayers are because of you.

Thank you for the gift of focused “free-time” to feed my soul.

 

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Patience is a blessed virtue when used for good

Map My Run screen shot
A couple days ago. Exercise honors the temple housing everything keeping us alive.

 

Chapin began jogging (slower than walking) on Halloween two days ago.

Cheryl began with us yesterday, November 1, 2015.

Patience is a blessed virtue when used for good.

Cheryl and i have known each other since 1979.

After 37 years, to begin running, is a big deal.

 

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The joy in routine

Disney's Monorail
On the run home yesterday, Monorail yellow in a hold pattern.

 

Disney World's Space Mountain
Unique viewing angle of Space Mountain that most never see.

 

Disney University
Safety is as important as Magic at Disney. Yet our Guests have no idea.

 

United States Marines trailer
Cutting through a townhouse complex on the way home.

 

United States Marine pride
United States Marine also appreciates (loves?) Disney (lower right “hidden Mickey”)

 

Secret running path near Disney World
A seasonal shortcut, available during drier weather.

 

The joy in routine is there if we aren’t too busy or distracted to notice. i was simply out for a morning run.

 

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