I do it for Marcy.  Marcy is a old friend I reconnected with via Facebook.  See there are some good things about FB.  Anywho I reconnected with her to apologize for my actions as a teen.  I wasn’t a good person back then and she allowed me to apologize and we reconnected.

She then had her second child a little girl.  She then had a stroke.

I talk to Marcy quite often and there are two things that frustrate her the most it seems…1. Not being able to walk and do for herself easily and 2. Not being able to work.

I have some health issues.  It makes it impossible for me to do exercise routines that are super intense.  My bones will bruise and when I test this to see if it’s still true an MRI shows I did it again.  So I stick to light jogging, ballet barre work, and little aerobic exercises.

I have off days where I don’t think I can do it or when I don’t want to do it and I think of Marcy.  I do it for her.  I hope that sounds right but I jog for her because I know more than anything she really would love to.  I know more than anything she’d love to play with her two beautiful children and I feel bad that she can’t.

I don’t have pity for her though because why should I?  What good is that?  She’s a tough cookie and she does try and goes to physical therapy.  She’s an inspiration and I’m honored to call her a friend.

We talk every week a couple of times during the week and I enjoy those times.  They’re usually on my drive home from work so we get a lot of talking in.  Nice.

This morning I jogged again.  I’m doing a training for a 5k race, not that I’m running one just that I want to build up endurance and I won’t give up because if she could do this she wouldn’t give up.  So I’m doing this for Marcy.

I think I because I can’t speak for others sometimes take for granted how easy I  have it and sometimes forget how bad others want to do the things I can do.  I think it’s about being grateful for what I can do and making the most out of every day.