Saturday, July 09, 2011

It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Best of Times

What can I say? I am SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO BE LIVING RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

I live in a beautiful place. We have gorgeous lakes, plentiful fresh water, surrounded by green forests and blue, smogless skies. I have good friends who are wonderful energetic incredible people. I have a body that mercifully works, even the parts that I break to pieces knit back together like the miracle that I am.

I swam a mile and a half this morning. Exactly one month after breaking my arm. What a blessing. What a blessed life I lead. I am so lucky, how can I help but be grateful? All through my swim, heavenly music played in my ears and I said thank you to God over and over and over.

And when it was all over, two of our swimmers who just got back from Germany had a veritable feast laid out. Meats and cheese and this stuff called Fig Mustard that let me tell you was AMAZING. And good dark German beer. Wow. Several of our long distance swimmers did 5.5 miles today, way to go guys!! Myself, I went home and took a nap in the hammock ;-)

1 comment:

Miles of the Journey said...

Wow ! Love this! Also, so glad you can swim with that arm. I am so happy with you.