My Little Inspiration: Our Local 1-Mile Walk

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04 Feb 2007 06:37 PM

I've told you about my daughter's current project at school, the Hoops for Hearts she is still working on raising her money for the American Heart Association and she is very excited. This week she'll actually shoot her hoops for the heart and she's been practicing diligently - it's always entertaining to me to see how hard she is working and I am very proud of her.

Flyer in the Mail

We received a flyer in the mail this weekend from our local Homeowner's Association. They are sponsoring a 1-mile walk and a 5k run. The walk/run is about building community ties, getting to know each other and helping the community bond towards a common goal. It's not about raising money, just about raising awareness - awareness of each other and awareness of the need to participate in sports and other life activities to better our health - physically, emotionally and mentally.

My daughter asked what it was and I told her - the walk/run is in three weeks. She really wants to go and do it and I laughed at her enthusiasm. I told her if she wanted to do it, then we'd go for it and we'd do it. So we filled out our forms and dropped them off at the coordinator's house.

This morning, my daughter informed me that she wasn't sure how far a mile actually was. I told her that if we walked to her school and then back, we would walk just over a mile. It's .6 miles to her school. She thought about that for a moment and then said, that's not so far.

That's Not So Far

A mile is not so far. But despite this, my daughter wants to practice - just like she does her hoops for hearts. She wants to practice walking the mile to make sure she can do it. Weather permitting, I told her we would make the mile walk a couple of times a week to give her the practice, but any walking she does will be practice for that day in three weeks.

My daughter inspires me. What inspires you?

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Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago.

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