"When we had our children, our ideas changed somewhat. Thenceforward we lived only for them; they made all our happiness and we would never have found it save in them. In fact, nothing any longer cost us anything; the world was no longer a burden to us. As for me, my children were my great compensation, so that I wished to have many in order to bring them up for Heaven" -- Saint Zelie Martin, mother of St. Therese of Lisieux, canonized October 18, 2015 along with her husband St. Louis Martin.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

My Teen, Keeping' it Real

Arwen sprinted out the last 20 yards or so on our morning jog.  She turned and watched me jog it in.

"How do I look?  Eye-catchingly awkward?" I asked.  I always wonder how I look running, since I can't really see myself.  I admit, it's vanity, but still--what do I look like?

"No", she replied.  "You look like a good runner who's working on her form."  "You look like a good runner, just going 0.1 miles per hour."

I laugh.  She kept searching for words to describe me.  Finally, she hit upon the right ones:

"You look like a good runner in slow motion."

And I am TOTALLY fine with that!

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