These are my parents.....

This may be a timely post given that Mother's day is a day away. However, this post is inspired by another event and not Mother's day and is really a post about BOTH of my parents, not just my mom.

I went to Pure Barre the other day, not an unusual occurrence as it is pretty much my exercise of choice as of late. One of the regulars was there with her parents. At first, I thought, "how cute" and even though that was my thought the whole time, as they set up their equipment and I watched, I thought "wow, how awesome!"?" How awesome that she is able to do this with both of her parents. How awesome that they both would choose to join her in class. How awesome that they are still married. How awesome that they are still alive.

Huh......I could have let this really get me down and I won't lie I got sad for a moment. She is lucky. Does she know that she is lucky? Does it matter whether she knows or not? My hope is that she and others know that within their heart and cherish those moments.

The truth is, if my parents were still alive, going to an exercise class together would not be on the day's agenda. My parents divorced when I was 5. After that, if I saw my dad, even on "his" weekends, I was lucky. He was never around. Hmmmm......that makes me sad still.

I just wish I had my parents around now to witness my children grow up, to call, to visit or have them visit us, to go on vacations with, play games with, discuss books and movies with, or to go to exercise class with........

It was cute the three of them on one side of the room lifting, toning, tucking.