That time when something snapped

{an exercise in identifying our limitations, such that we can invite God into them}

On April 19, 2016 I slid through a muddy puddle on the same running route I'd run hundreds of times and fractured my ankle.

While spring sprung around me, I watched the vibrant green from behind windowed glass — no walks through the woods with my kids, no morning runs relishing sunshine warmed to fifty-five degrees, no driving alone in the car with the s…