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Year Four, Day 95: Embracing Grandmahood and Silver Strands!

I did it! I went to the gym yesterday! 

It was frigid cold.  But the sky was clear and the most scrumptious shade of blue.  Not much wind. So I got myself vertical and walked briskly through the park to the bus stop. I had a nice easy treadmill workout. Then I decided to walk to the church next door. 

They are a very welcoming, community oriented church. One of their focuses is serving the homeless. I like walking in and feeling at home.  There is always free hot tea and tables available. I had a nice cup of Earl Grey tea and found myself a table near one of the big screens so I could watch the service while I did my Bible study and prayer journaling. 

When the sermon started, I felt compelled to enter the area of worship. I am glad I did.  I stood in the back against the wall. I wept during the praise songs.  It felt like my soul was being cleansed. I was glad for the darkness, and the large crowd. The solitude I feel in a crowd has nothing to do with loneliness. I like being alone in a crowd. Especially when I can cleanse my soul.

After church, I headed back over to the gym and had a lovely lung cleansing session in the steam room.

Then it was back home to care for my daughter. She needed massive sinus cleansing. A very bad cold virus hit her hard. Her baby is 18 months old and very active. I went into full grandma mode, making curried lentil soup, a pot of brown rice and much tea.

It is nice to feel needed. And it was revealed to me this morning on my walk that I need to embrace this stage of my life. I don't need to lose weight to look younger. I need to get healthy to enjoy these golden years. And embrace grandmahood!  I have even made the brave decision to stop coloring my hair. I earned each one of these silver strands! :)


This morning I did not have as much trouble getting vertical, despite having spent much of my night coughing up a lung. (Or so it felt).  But I slept with my loyal CPAP machine.  And I did not watch Law and Order SVU last night before bed (on daughter's orders. She claims it makes me unstable emotionally. She may be right. I had not nightmares!)

I did my morning hooping at 6:00 a.m. and then had a lovely breakfast with my mom at our favorite diner.  With our favorite server!

And now I am off to teach piano students.

Below is my hooping video.  I told my mother that I am back on track with daily exercise. My mother looked at me and with a most serious tone replied, "Zita you must exercise every day. I have been walking daily since I retired over 10 years ago. It has kept me alive!"

On that note, I wish you a happy Monday full of good health and life!

Talk to you tomorrow.

Love,

Zita

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