I m not sure what gave me away. Certainly it was not my huffing and puffing, eyes bulging, perspiration falling like rain, red faced appearance that gave me away. Maybe it was the fact she had to keep stopping to let me catch up. Or it could have just been the fact that I couldn t complete a sentence that contained more than three words or twelve syllables without gasping for air. Regardless, my nine-year old had me cold.
Kids can be brutally honest at times.
She was absolutely right. It began to dawn on me that if I want to live long enough to tell my kids what they are doing wrong in raising their own children I will have to make some changes. It seems though that the busier I get exercise is always the first item on my schedule to get cut. I will have to work on that. I tried the health club circuit before but didn t have the time and energy to get into shape before I joined.