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| Amara and Aniyah; Peanut Butter and Jelly, getting ready for the race. |
This Fall, a group of girls at school took on a special project. They joined Girls on the Run, a girls running club aimed not only at encouraging and training girl runners but geared towards teaching girls the important things that build strong females; confidence, friendship, positive thinking and the importance of individuality as well team playing.
Coach's Nori and Maureen led each bi-weekly meeting that helped the girls get stronger in their running and stronger in themselves. I had the good fortune of leading a few of the meetings where I was left with a happy heart, both physically, mentally and emotionally, as the girls learned to work together, push themselves to new limits and discover that what they think and feel matters.
The day of the race the team, along with family and friends, joined together for the 5k that they had worked so hard towards completing. It was quite rewarding for all when they crossed that finish line.
As the girls were found of saying, "Girls on the Run is so much fun."
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| Uncle Dick came out to run with Amara. Aunt Liz was there too cheering us on! |
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| PB&J |
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| Warm up. |
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Amara with Coach Nori.
Havana wanted to run the 5k too. She did a great job but Mama had to help out much of the way. Here we cross the finish line together. It was awesome. |
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Above is Alex, one of the boys from school who joined us and below is Zamir, coach Maureen's son.
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| Post Run Lunch with some of the gals! They all rocked it. |
(I am very thankful to Anayiah's dad, who took many of the above photos for me.)
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