Running for My Life

Running for My Life
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Self-Care Isn't Selfish
By Sue LeBreton

If you want to live, you must walk. If you want to live long, you must run.
~Jinabhai Navik

I am sweeping my maple kitchen floor, my triathlon finisher's medal swinging back and forth in rhythm with the broom. Abbey, my five-year-old daughter, runs past me on her way to the back yard, her shoulder-length blond curly hair bouncing behind her. She stops and turns to me. "You still have your medal on. Did you know that?"

I laugh. "I am planning to wear it all day long." She giggles at her silly mom. "Tell me again, did you win?" I try to explain to her that I did not even come close to winning. She glances at my medal again, shakes her head and exits the patio door. (Keep reading)