Being Healthy Is My Legacy

Thank you to everyone for your very kind calls, texts, cards and prayers on the passing of my beloved Mom last month. As I continue to miss my Mom dearly, one lesson she taught me was to stay active. Mom used to walk three miles every day with one of her girlfriends in her 50’s. I remember her telling me of how great that made her feel. She loved to dance, and was incredibly flexible even in her 90’s.

So, like many of you, I’ve re-committed to my health for the New Year and beyond with some motivation from my Mom. Here’s a photo of me headed out to the gym…and here’s my Mom doing Yoga at about 90 and when she was visiting me in Chicago at 88 years old, getting ready to hit the pool! A former acrobatic performer in her teens, Mom loved to swim also.

As 2019 begins, my thoughts remain grounded in the legacy my Mom left me and so many others. A key one, is that health means everything. I saw this vibrant, brilliant, energetic, accomplished woman deal with thyroid issues, female issues, Stage 1 breast cancer, diabetes and most painfully, dementia. She worked hard to maintain her health, but the stress of caregiving for my Dad full time for seven years finally began to take its toll on her health. Once he passed, her health started to become impacted. Caregivers pay a big price to care.

I am so glad that I am healthy, an able to exercise and eat foods that are good for me (with the occasional cheat day or treat)! This is a blessing not to be taken for granted. I want you all to make the commitment to move more, eat better and relieve your stress. We can stay vibrant and sizzle for a long time if we do!

What does it take? Not a lot, really. The winter in Chicago

Thank you to everyone for your very kind calls, texts, cards and prayers on the passing of my beloved Mom last month. As I continue to miss my Mom dearly, one lesson she taught me was to stay active. Mom used to walk three miles every day with one of her girlfriends in her 50’s. I remember her telling me of how great that made her feel. She loved to dance, and was incredibly flexible even in her 90’s.

So, like many of you, I’ve re-committed to my health for the New Year and beyond with some motivation from my Mom. Here’s a photo of me headed out to the gym…and here’s my Mom doing Yoga at about 90 and when she was visiting me in Chicago at 88 years old, getting ready to hit the pool! A former acrobatic performer in her teens, Mom loved to swim also.

As 2019 begins, my thoughts remain grounded in the legacy my Mom left me and so many others. A key one, is that health means everything. I saw this vibrant, brilliant, energetic, accomplished woman deal with thyroid issues, female issues, Stage 1 breast cancer, diabetes and most painfully, dementia. She worked hard to maintain her health, but the stress of caregiving for my Dad full time for seven years finally began to take its toll on her health. Once he passed, her health started to become impacted. Caregivers pay a big price to care.

I am so glad that I am healthy, an able to exercise and eat foods that are good for me (with the occasional cheat day or treat)! This is a blessing not to be taken for granted. I want you all to make the commitment to move more, eat better and relieve your stress. We can stay vibrant and sizzle for a long time if we do!

What does it take? Not a lot, really. The winter in Chicago