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Running Down the Road at 65: Mother’s Day 10k Run

near the finish line: high five!

I completed another 10 km. run this past Sunday morning. I’m still so excited to have done it. Although I recently turned 65, I jogged the whole 10 kms. without stopping. I’m not very fast, mind you, but I did it. I’ve been comparing myself to the tortoise in the fable. Slow and steady, watching for the km. markers, gaining energy from the enthusiastic volunteers providing encouragement along the way. The stamina and physical strength that I have spent years regaining and boosting is tested again.

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Mother’s Day: Living a Full Life Beyond Motherhood

I am a mother. Motherhood is joyous, painful, busy, entertaining, fun, hard and sometimes all of these things in the same day. There is so much more to life though, that we can’t just live and choose only with regards to the ‘motherhood’ part of our lives.

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