Today is my son Mike’s wedding. I’m back in Michigan for the ceremony, and while today should be a happy day for me, I feel conflicted because my best friend’s mother passed away the other day. He and his wife were going to be at the wedding, but now they will be driving from Michigan to Philadelphia to bury his mother. I’m sure that once the wedding starts, I’ll put that behind me, but once the wedding is over, I’ll be in a funk. I went to my best friends Dads funeral in Philly 35 years ago, and I’m trying to hook up a flight to Philly once again that day after the wedding, but the problem is last minute tickets cost an arm and a leg. On one hand, I should just buck up and pay the money, on the other hand, it’s a lot of freaking money! Another option is to drive to Philly, and then fly back to Denver from there. That’s not as much money, but it’s a long drive from to Detroit to Philly.
But today is a day I need to focus on my son and my other kids that I don’t get to see very often. It has been raining all morning, but now it’s cleared up and I think that today is going to be a great day.
I was diagnosed with MS about 6 years ago and I am one of the lucky ones. I don't have too many problems associated with it, and the disease has actually slowed down. I took up running 4 years ago just to see if I could do it. So far I've run 4 marathons in 2 years and 12 half marathons.