The next year, Candace Slater started walking with me up there in the Morse Center (Thank you, Candace!!). It was so lovely to have someone that would actually talk to me the whole time. We would meet at 11:00, walk until 11:50, and then meet our husbands for lunch.
Then, just as it was becoming a chore to keep my kids in the stroller the whole time, struggling to keep them off the exercise equipment and counting jumps on the mini-trampoline every 5 laps, I got another lovely break. A group from church decided to walk together. At Swan Creek Park during the warm weather and at Southwyck Mall during the winter. Every Tuesday and Thursday, with dire circumstances my only excuse, I have been there. Walking. Staying sane. Occasionally pushing a small child who is crying hysterically in the stroller or on a bike. I love walking group.
And now I'm sad. I think I've only got two or three of these left, and I'm sad to go. Here is our group last Tuesday. It was quite chilly and breezy, and we still had a good turnout. It's nice to see there are moms as anxious to get out of the house as I am.
The kids play in the park afterward. This is Mimi with Rachel.
I've been bringing Zachery lately, and this chain/ladder is his highlight of the park.
The moms talk and laugh.
And Mimi started learning how to ride Olivia's bike. (I love this picture.)
My birthday has fallen on walking group day for the past two years, and this year, as a delightful surprise, Katie and Shelly planned a little party. Cupcakes and ice cream and so much kindness. (I stole these pictures from Shelly's blog).
These girls are the cutest friends.
And I couldn't pass up the picture of the kids (Jordan, Caden, and Sarah) trying to dig out the last of the cupcake sprinkles.
I need there to be a walking group in South Bend.
6 comments:
I love your reminiscing. There are a lot of things from my medical school days that I loved and I wish I had had a blog at that time to document them all. Maybe I can do it now. What a great idea, and a good way to remember all the good times.
That does look great. If there's not one in south bend then you should start one! I think I need to start one here! I used to have walking buddies in Ohio but have missed that here, especially now that it's time to walk off my baby weight!
Brooke'll walk with ya! Wish I could. Don't you just love how everywhere you go there are bunches of young mormon moms just trying to survive it all together. Even in catholic ridden (that sounds negative but I meant it to be interesting) South Bend. I bet catholic moms like to walk too!
I have loved these TIAGTMAT posts. There are so many things I STILL miss, and we've been gone almost two years. (Has it really been that long???) This is definitely one of my top ones. Walking Group was so fun. And I was only there for the first couple of months of it. I am going to have to see if I can start something up here. We don't have a place as awesome as Swan Creek though.
what in heavens name am I doing in that walking group picture? apparently something very interesting is being looked at on my leg?! I had no idea you were snapping that shot. I will miss you dreadfully at walking group.
I read the whole post thinking you were going to say what all the letters stood for and then I figured it out. I'm a little slow.
Maybe if those of us who have done walking group in Toledo started walking groups in our new homes, we could start some national fitness movement...South Bend, Phoenix, Cincy....
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