Most everyone sees my happy side. I work very hard at it. I do not want to be seen as sick or dying. I think people mostly view me as a mother, wife, physical therapist, and a marathoner. It is doubtful that people realize how I live when I am not at work, not taking care of my family, not running, or have nowhere to be. On these days, I rest, I contemplate life, I study the bible, and I may not shower until right before the kids get home from school. I always do better on the days that start with a run but today I rested, did nothing, and set up this blog. I am a 46-year-old Christian, I have run 5 marathons, I am a physical therapist, and I have systemic scleroderma. I am a mother to a 10-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son which makes having this disease much worse. This blog will serve as an outlet for me. A place where I can express my feelings, my worries, my life. Can you imagine going from never having to go to the doctor to now having a rheumatologist, a cardiologist, a pulmonologist, and a gastroenterologist? It seriously stinks!
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I am a 46 year old mother to elementary school aged children. I am also a physical therapist and a marathoner. I "thought" I had control over my health until I was diagnosed with an incurable, fatal, auto-immune disease. I choose to be positive but being positive is not always easy.
Running Through Life 