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Call me crazy, but for me, buying a new pair of running shoes is like buying a new lease on life. The squishy, bouncy, brand-newness of new sneakers seems to defy gravity and seep upward into my body with energy and vigor.<\/p>\n
Today I am experiencing such wonder.\u00a0The box arrived the other day and sat with a sparkle on our front porch. I was giddy like a child at Christmas as I ran out to fetch it and tore off the packaging. New shoes!! And for a good deal, even better!!\u00a0\u00a0As I put them on today, to say that life has returned to my beat-up, sleep-deprived, postpartum body is an understatement. I am instead a hopeful, getting there, almost-6-week-postpartum, almost-running woman, ready to conquer the day\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n
The old sneaks were gems, I tell you, but they were worn out pups. No tread, little cushion, orthotic stains, with old races a very distant memory. It was time. \u00a0And so today marks the beginning of a new shoe journey, ripe with possibility.<\/p>\n
Each day, each step, we\u2019re getting there\u2026 With these shoes I will race up and down the stairs to soothe the cries of my little one as she falls asleep. I will bounce up and down as the boys as I dance to the Wiggles and laugh excessively. These shoes will carry me as we walk my oldest on his first day of kindergarten. \u00a0They will escort my crew and me as we venture out and take on the world, five strong. \u00a0I will use them to re-discover my athletic self\u00a0in the coming weeks. \u00a0I will elliptical and lunge and stride my way to greater strength and fitness. \u00a0They will work tirelessly to comfort and support over miles and days and terrain\u2026 to deliver me to a new place many months from now that will look very different from today. \u00a0A good different, hopefully better and with more sleep! They hold much promise.<\/p>\n
Thank you, dear Lord, for my new shoes. \u00a0I praise You today for this very trivial thing; for it is in the little things that we can find great joy.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Call me crazy, but for me, buying a new pair of running shoes is like buying a new lease on life. The squishy, bouncy, brand-newness of new sneakers seems to defy gravity and seep upward into my body with energy and vigor. Today I am experiencing such wonder.\u00a0The box arrived the other day and sat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"yoast_head":"\n