Put Your Best Foot Forward and Leap!

Snowing in Provence

 

Sacha went walking with me this morning. It was snowing. I thought I was impressing him since I could walk up the hills without stopping to catch my breath. He snickered, "You're talking so your not walking fast enough." I should have kept my mouth shut because from that moment on he became a drill coach, I couldn't help myself when I said,

"I don't really respond well to this approach."

"Too bad." He teased and kept on teasing, even to the point of telling me how to breath, how to roll my heels, how to increase my speed, and basically drugged me up the hill. 

In English we would say, "I was fried."

In French they say, "Je suis cuit!" (I am cooked.)

I was both fried, cuit and pooped. Tomorrow I am going to be sore, I can already feel it.

 

 

Snowing in Provence

 

Smiling at his fried cuit pooped Mother. 

As I use to say when he was little and in trouble, 

"It is a good thing you are so cute… otherwise."

 

 


Snowing in Provence

 

Oversized snowflakes

We tried to catch them with our tongues.

 

 

Snowing in Provence

 

In the end, the thought of my son thinking I could improve made me feel empowered. 

Funny how that parenting thing reverses.

My daughter challenged me to run a 10K race in March,

My son tells me, "You can do it, but you gotta work harder. Just finishing is not enough."

Isn't that the truth.

Put your best foot forward and leap!



Comments

13 responses to “Put Your Best Foot Forward and Leap!”

  1. Damien says the same kind of things to me and it makes me feel like I’m a little kid sometimes but he keeps me young, I like that!

  2. Don’t get on his hamster wheel. Finishing is enough.

  3. I am constantly in awe of the young adults I encounter. I don’t have a son but if I did, I would let him teach me. I think it’s wonderful.

  4. I love how our children see strengths in us we can no longer see. Something similar happened to me just the other day. I am thankful for their encouragement and gentle push. Blessings! Kimberly

  5. You go girl!! So special for you to have Sacha for your coach today, and home for yourBirthday. Happy Belated Birthday! Wishing you all the best.

  6. Happy Birthday for yesterday – and sounds like you’ve got a great trainer – keep him on!!

  7. Bravo to both of you.

  8. Sacha is about one foot taller than you, no wonder it was hard to keep up the same pace!

  9. I would love to have my son as a trainer, I would probably drop 20 lbs in a week. Unfortunately Sacha is right, if you can talk, your not working hard enough…bah! I say if you walking your exercising! Keep up the good work.

  10. Good luck with the leaping!

  11. I like to walk for exercise and also to be out in nature. Which means stopping to look at beautiful flowers and other interesting things along the way. I wouldn’t like a trainer who pushed me and wouldn’t allow me to enjoy nature. I have noticed that young adults think they know best for their parents. But thinking about it – I probably did the same thing with my parents. I guess drawing the line between parent and child is always a challenge. Find your pace and enjoy your daily walk no need to train for a marathon unless that is one of “your” goals.

  12. I think just finishing will be an accomplishment. I have done one 10K in my life which I found very hard and finishing, almost last, was fabulous.

  13. Bonnie Gale

    Your children continue to impress me. I believe they possess both intelligence, ambition, and great compassion. Necessary gifts to navigate their way through the world we live in today. You and Yann have much to be proud of when it comes to your parenting. Thank you for sharing your stories.

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