{"id":467,"date":"2010-01-28T05:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2010\/01\/28\/wednesday-night-better-than\/"},"modified":"2010-01-28T05:36:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T09:36:00","slug":"wednesday-night-better-than","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2010\/01\/28\/wednesday-night-better-than\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday night &#8211; better than&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"pBlogBody_527430391\" class=\"blogContent\">\n<center><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">So.. I was on a run this morning with the dogs.. and realized that I was feeling troubled. Several of my &#8216;great&#8217; ideas at work are proving to be more complicated than I originally thought.. As I ran I was tossing over the various technical barriers I was hitting.. then a funny thing happened.. Even as I realized I was gritting my teeth over my work troubles, I started to smile.. I realized that I was unhappy in a much happier way than I&#8217;d been in a long, long time..\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only in hindsight can I see the dark\u00a0 tunnel I&#8217;ve felt every minute since Sam&#8217;s passing..\u00a0\u00a0 and only in hindsight can I see the tremendous healing that all of us have done since.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m aware enough now to know that I&#8217;ll probably look back on where I am now a couple of years forward and feel that much more .. though never truly.. whole <\/p>\n<p>I had my phone on my run this morning because I had to pretend to listen to a work call.. that meant I had a camera.. I caught this picture of one of the trails by the river I always run. I remember helping to cut this section of the trail out of the wood about 5 years ago.. .. it&#8217;s grown too. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jan2710\/IMG00032-20100127-0821.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">I love htis trail.. every step I&#8217;ve run or walked alng it in the past 3 5 years has helped me heal. Here&#8217;s the place I stop every day to admire Robins moutnain, the mountain behind our house.. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jan2710\/IMG00038-20100127-0828.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">And beneath that view, here&#8217;s the spot I write Sam&#8217;s name every day I run. I write it in whatever&#8217;s there as canvas.. snow, or dirt or mud or leaves.. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always gone by\u00a0 the next day.. time to rewrite it.. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">A friend send me\u00a0 a blog entry\u00a0 about\u00a0 grieving today.. I liked what it said.. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msplinks.com\/MDFodHRwOi8vdGhlc2VhdGVkdmlldy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb20vMjAxMC8wMS9ncmllZi5odG1s\">Check it out<\/a>if you&#8217;re interested.. <\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jan2710\/IMG00033-20100127-0824.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Eek.. it&#8217;s after midnight.. gotta go to bed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>night folks.. nite Sam<br \/>-me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So.. I was on a run this morning with the dogs.. and realized that I was feeling troubled. Several of my &#8216;great&#8217; ideas at work are proving to be more complicated than I originally thought.. As I ran I was tossing over the various technical barriers I was hitting.. then a funny thing happened.. 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