a spring in your step

I read this first thing this morning and it's been on my mind all day: 

Abby Leigh Butler	6:08 AM (11 hours ago)
to me

That rest day is not today. We are in the ER. Jens had Reclast done yesterday to help strengthen his bones. Flu-like symptoms are a side effect. His HR was dangerously high and had trouble breathing- taking deep breaths. Feels achy all over, fevers. HR is still high but not like it was. Poor guy is worn out! 

One thing Jens said to me years ago is that he never gets a day off. It's not like he goes through 6-weeks of treatment regimes. He has to do his breathing treatments everyday. No flexibility on that. 

Looking forward to rest days- but maybe after transplant! We are definitely going on vacation!!

To know that you all don't get any rest days right now is sobering.  Jens, to know that you have lived your whole life without a day off from this is even more sobering. 

I started off for my run today and decided to listen to a playlist I made for when I trained for the Knoxville Marathon two years ago. I remember many a run on Cherokee Boulevard near our house there listening to this same playlist and carrying you both with me in my heart on those runs trying to hone in on what encouragement you might be able to use for the day. 

These songs gave me a spring in my step as I was slogging through a big downpour today.  Some of the songs don't even make sense to me, but I love them because they make me want to run fast.  

So, as I was running in a downpour with good music spurring me on, I was praying for some music to come alongside you today in some way, shape or form... and praying that even in the ER that you would feel a bit of spring in your step.