I had to come to a hard reality this week and it was not fun. I had to give up something I really, truly loved doing: running. I am one of those weird people who love to run. When I go outside and it is that perfect temperature (between 70 and 85 degrees), I think ,"I cannot wait to run!". Or when I am particularly stressed about something, I know that if I could go run 5 or 6 miles, I would feel a lot better and maybe even work through it. Also, my running time is my best time to pray. Having a whole hour to pray would not happen any other way, but while I am running, I can pray about many, many things.
All the above to say that even though I was throwing myself a pity party and crying for 2 days, I had so many friend show me love. Show me that they care about me. A friend sent me a text telling me how much she cared for me, another friend keeping Claire so I could have the day to myself, and so many others that expressed their concern for my well-being. I felt that I was surrounded by friends that love me. And that is such a good feeling.
Here is what I posted on Facebook:
April Nohinek has come to the sad realization that I will have to follow some medical advice that completely saddens me. To be told that I cannot and should not run for the sake of preserving what pathetic parts of my knee that I have left is devastating.
I received over 30 comments with such sweet words of empathy, sympathy and encouragement, they almost made me cry (again). I am so blessed to have so many friends that would take a moment or two out of their day to express their kindness to me.
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