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I'll be praying for you. My sister has short term memory loss after her accident. We literally watch her do something and ask her why she did it, but she denies it.

Oh thank you Burt, that is very kind. Oh wow, I’m so sorry about your sister :( how long ago was her accident?

So, there's three boys, then my sister. All three boys went on missions. One day on my mission I was remembering this Native American kid on my cross country team that was a couple years younger than me. I thought, "I wonder whatever happened to Colton?" The next day I got a letter from my parents saying that my sister had started dating him and he was taking the discussions. Within a month after getting home, they were married. (She was the 4th oldest, but first to get married.) But he started drinking again. One night all the young single adults went to the fair. We ran into my sister. I remember thinking, "She really looks good. A lot better than she's looked lately." Just something in her countenance, I guess. Well that night she decided to get in a vehicle with her husband who had been drinking. Their friend was with them. He and the friend were sitting in the front seats with their seat belts on, and she was sitting in the backseat where there were no seat belts. He took his eyes off the road to play with the radio and rolled the car. She cracked her head open. She was in a coma for 9 months. When she woke up, she couldn't talk, but somehow she remembered the alphabet in sign language. She couldn't remember Colton. She thought she still worked at this place that she worked at two years ago. Slowly some of her memories did come back, but she still suffers from short term memory loss.

Sarah - what do you think about this routine for your training? Every day during your run make a stop at a local track, and run a "things are not that bad yet" 400. We can define success as being able to break 2:00. I am guessing you will be achieving success by about 30 seconds, but we set the bar low on purpose. The idea is to make this statement - if I can still run 400 in under 2:00, my nervous system is at least somewhat healthy. Then use this success to cheer you up. This will give you something to look forward to at the start of the day, and something positive to think about for the rest of it.

Burt- oh wow, what a tragedy. I’m so sorry. That sounds similar to that movie The Vow, have you ever seen it? Obviously different, but interesting with the similarities. Did she ever remember Colton?

Sasha- thank you so much for that suggestion! I think that sounds like a great idea. I heard from a doctor once that interval training is proven to be more effective in managing depression than just going out for a run every day. I think a 400 is short and sweet so it won’t be difficult to motivate myself to do one everyday as opposed to full on speed workouts. But it could still bring some added benefits. And like you said, it’d help cheer me up :) thank you again!

I have not seen that movie. She does remember Colton now, but I question to what extent.