THIS Is My Miracle Today

We woke up at the crack of dawn to take John to the mountain bike trails at John Bryan State Park, my favorite local trails. I informed him that I WAS GOING AND RIDING TOO!! Thankfully no argument there. We loaded the bikes and headed up to meet Trace, our travel, camping, mountain biking buddy!! I was literally giddy on the drive up! I had great energy, zero pain, and felt like I could crush it!

John and Trace pedaled off to a trail with a bit more roots and rocks and I planned on riding separately on a flat, wide, dirt trail that isn’t a true trail, but rather a linking path that intersects trails. Then it happened…I saw the sign for one of my favorite trails, Abracadabra, so I decided to take it. I jumped on my very first mountain bike trail since the crazy met 4 diagnosis. I was on my Yeti SB115 bike properly named, ‘NO FEAR’! I cried pretty much the whole time. I also individually called my sister Lys, daughter & son-in-law, mom and my mountain biking coach-friend Brenda. I think we all cried knowing that one month ago nobody really imagined I could ever breath enough or have this kind of energy again. I told them all that they were witnessing a real live, modern age miracle!

I will do this again and again as long as I can until my next chemo appointment on July 15th. 

I also am thankful that my son and friend Kirby could simply pop over for a quick July 4th visit. 

Getting ready to turn in for the night and ready to wake up tomorrow with high hopes of a 6 am alarm and a 7 am ride again!! This is how I want to start every day!! So my theme song Gratitude by Brandon Lake easily formed a smile on my lips as I joyfully rolled along the trail, thanking God that I have breath in my lungs to do this. Not that long ago there were many a days that I hardly had enough air to walk up my stairs and now… look at this living, BREATHING miracle!! How could I not sing? I wonder if Brandon Lake ever realized how this song would give such strength and hope to a person struggling to breathe because of cancer in her lungs!