"MUSCLING THROUGH"

I am kind of sick of writing about myself and I am sure your sick of reading about me...So don't worry there are only 6 more days to go! I figure that I would take this blog and write about someone else. Someone who I know just as well as I know myself.

Every athletic game of my career began the same way. A quick scan of the crowd and an ear scratch. My mom, who has attended 80% of these games, would recognize the symbol and do the same... our symbol of acknowledgement and an ' I love you.'

When my mom was 20 (my age) she was married with one kid. Every time one kid went off to kindergarden, another one popped out. My mom, who was a much better student then I am, did not have the opportunity to do what she really wanted, get her college degree. But that didn't stop her. It may have took sometime, but in the midst of raising three kids and managing to keep awake during night classes, she finally reached her goal, and at age 30 obtained her college degree. This is one example of her determination or what she calls, "MUSCLING THROUGH."

Yet again, she has "muscled through." I'll be the first to admit, my mom has worked 100 times harder than I have, having to do double the amount of cardio and lose double the amount of weight. On July 23rd she turned 50. Her birthday dinner was Tilapia and Asparagus, not one taste of birthday cake.

Today was a big milestone for her, 16 weeks and 35lbs ago, she decided that she wanted her competing weight to be in the 120's. For the first time this morning she weighed 129lbs! If we could have celebrated with champagne and ice cream cake we would have, instead we just high-fived and hugged. Go Mom!

For the first time I'll be the one watching her from the stands.