To all mothers, I wish your day is filled with love, kindness, smiles, and gratitude. It’s a day for self-care!
This morning, I talked to mom, who is thousand’s of miles away. I am glad to still have her and be able to share my love and appreciation for all she has done for me and my siblings. Mom raised us alone (ok—little help from neighbors). We grew up with little, yet, I have great memories of running around and playing on streets happy. Life was different back then. Mom was also the second mom to make other children she helped raise. I had my share changing diapers, feeding, bathing, and putting many children to sleep 🙂
I cannot thank mom enough for all she went through to set a great example. I don’t have a memory of mom being lazy, careless, weak, unfair–we got ‘tough’ love though :-). She did not raised us in any bubble. Let me be a kid and play on the stress, yet I had set responsibilities. She worked hard and as the youngest, I worked side-by-side with mom. Mom taught us the true value of money. She was mom and dad in one and that must be HARD to balance.
Character, personality, self-esteem, beliefs, and more are built at very young age. Parents have a huge responsibility and whatever experiences, believes, and reward systems are shared play a huge role in our lives. Surely as we ‘grow-up’, get exposed to real life, and make our own decisions, our experiences and beliefs create thoughts. In order to change them for better or worse, we must be aware of them and we need to work really hard to change them.
Cheers to all mothers (and parents) who are NOT averages, value their well-being so their children learn the importance of social, mental, physical, and spiritual health. One can teach all the ins-and-outs to make a living. Yet, there is no WEALTH without HEALTH! It’s best to learn earlier than later in life.
Be Fab – Be You! Don’t Be Average!
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WOW, it is hard to describe how it felt and still feel now because those kids were special. We exercised together–they LOVED doing high knees, they answered all kinds of questions about foods, sleep, stress (why/when/how get nervous), and more. They learned how to take deep breathes to reduce anxiety, they learned that exercise, fun, and energy go together and it is for life. Why we need muscles. I brought them strawberries, carrots, and walnuts to eat/try. They loved it and asked for repeats. We talked about importance of eat the rainbow, the go-slow-no foods.
By asking them simple questions, I learned many of those adorable kids have digestive problems (aren’t pooping daily and have stomach aches, every day, more than half wake up tired, about 40-50% are not moving as much, many have stomach aches after eating. About 5 out of 80 I met, were very educated on sugar and what it does. Many of them left with homework of asking mom to buy vegetables and fruits of different colors, go to bed earlier so they wake up more rested, drink more water, eat the fruit instead of juice.
The best part was at the end though– felt so rewarded and made me believe I planted seeds today. So, I decided to stop by at the cafeteria before heading back home. ‘My kids’ were there, They waved, called, gave me high 5s, hugged me, and showed me the colors they were eating, the vegetables and fruits they had picked up. A few of them handed their packaged foods and asked me if they were healthy. WOW! Moments like these help me to hang on and keep going.
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We had hits running a 20-minute WOD (Workout Of Day) followed by yoga. We gathered around and shared memories and reasons we cared much for Richard’s beautiful soul. We wrapped it up watching a slideshow of hundreds of photos we submitted of and with Richard. It was also great to meet individuals from other gyms join us as well.
Immediately, it reminded me that LIFE IS JUST TOO SHORT. It’s about NOW, not yesterday, or tomorrow. Sobbing and filled with sadness, I grabbed the phone and called my best friend to tell her I loved her to death and to reaffirm how important she is to me. She is family to me. Call mom and sister in Brazil and expressed my gratitude and love.
1. We both left our well paying jobs to follow our passion. Not only we did that around the same time, but also we left it for health, wellness, and fitness. We had talked about possibilities of working together as I build my network for corporate wellness solutions. We also talked about the hardship and stressors of being entrepreneurs and trying to make it.
