Thankful Thursday

So many of you may know my story, but for the sake of those of you that don't, here it is.  Early last year during a "routine" surgery to remove what looked like to doctors to be an abscess on one of my fallopian tubes it was discovered that I had ovarian cancer.  After a complete hysterectomy followed by six rounds of chemo I was told that my cancer is gone!  I went through one of the roughest times of my life over a period of 6 months, even though it seemed like so much longer.  Praise God that He got me through it.  On my journey back to recovery I was not sure how or even if I would be able to get back to the workouts I had once done prior to surgery.  Since cross country in high school it has always been one of my dreams to run a marathon, and I always thought that one day I would get around to it.  It seemed, though, that every time I started to train something else got in my way.  After some inspiration from one of my closest friends, I decided that with the help of God's strength I could start running again.  And so I did.  I set a goal to run a 5K in April called "Sprint for Cancer".  A little at a time I increased my distance until I hit the three mile mark.

Of course, I talked Anna into running the 5K with me.  For her, this was a comeback story, as well.  A couple of  years ago she had knee surgery and was unsure she would ever be able to run again like she had before.  With a little physical therapy and increasing her run distance at little at a time she was back to three miles again.

On April 21st we both ran together to sprint for cancer.  Through a little hard work and perseverance we both crossed the finish line and accomplished our goal.  We are both thankful that we were able to go out there and run that 3.1 miles with no injury, and we aren't going to stop there!  After all, life is a race me must run.  Never give up on the dream!

Right before the race

Almost finished!

Keep Dreaming,

Tiffany