4th of July run.

I  wanted to run and had planned to later in the day when I got enough energy to get it done. I knew I at least wanted to do a personal 5k for my MLFC girls but maybe a little more.

Right after I got fully dressed it started to rain.. seriously? It was a beautiful day ALL DAY and come 5pm it decides to storm. WTF???!!!

I prayed for The Lord to open the skies and to stop the rain long enough for me to get in a run and the craziest thing happened.. No joke it stopped raining almost instantly!!! Praise Jesus.

As soon as I hit the pavement I had horrible pains coming from my left calf and about halfway through the run my right calf started having pains too. I don't normally have aches or pains when running so I decided to push through. Think I need to up my potassium?

I achieved one of my goals.. it was to explore a new street that is really busy and long. Being as it is a holiday and most people are at the lake or sitting at home having a cookout it was the best time to run it.

After I ran that street I decided to run another busy one. But changed my mind and cut passed it to run through a cemetery. 

Has anyone ever done this before? It weirded me out at first but something drew me to do it. I can't explain it. 

First I'll share two little secrets about myself. And then get back to telling yall about the rest of my run. 1)I never feared death until I held my daughter, now I constantly fear her having to grow up without me. 2) I have always been terrified of cemeteries. I grew up in a house that was right across the street from a cemetery and I swear on everything that I saw spirits in that cemetery!!! And it was more than once, the first time I saw them I was about 7-ish and it was on Halloween night. I will never forget it or any of the other times as well! But I figured I would face my fear today. 

Back to my story. 

I ran through different roads or lanes? I don't know what they are technically called but they had street signs in there which made it easy for me to navigate. When I went down a different lane(?) I would feel something different. Like down one lane I would feel pressure on my heart kind of like anxiety and the wind wouldn't be blowing at all, I turned down a different lane and I would feel peace and the wind would be blowing hard, turn down another lane and I would feel sadness- I noticed in this lane most of the headstones were children or people under the age of 30.

I believe in ghosts and spirits. I am a very religious and spiritual person who isn't a weirdo but has had many encounters with ghosts. Legit! 

After my run I felt sadness, but more so I felt thankful to be alive, healthy, and to have a family... even if its a really small family! 

I don't know if I will run a cemetery again. It was peaceful, and I didn't have to worry about traffic, or getting bit by a dog. So we will see. 

Hope Everyone had a great 4th!!