For 5 1/2 years, I have been mentoring Amanda. (I got paired up with her in a program (that has since lost funding) called Mentors & Moms. Unfortunately, with working and running & other social things, I haven’t had the time to see her as much as I’d like.
Recently Amanda has been depressed. She cannot work her job as a EMT (because of the hours) and is working in store for minimum wage. She just broke up with her boyfriend (and baby daddy) whom she had been with for 3 years. She is all alone trying to survive and take care of her 2 sons. (Richard is almost 7 yrs old & in first grade, Matthew is 2.)
Every fall we go to Ellms Family Farm which has a lot of things to do for kids – games, rides, mazes, etc. So today was the date we settled on. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t as nice as the past few weekends. (I selfishly gave my weekends to running and boating 😦 )
In fact, it was downright COLD!!! And windy and cloudy and it even sprinkled at times. But we made the best of it. We went on every ride and in every maze. We had lunch and bought pumpkins.
Eventually when we couldn’t stand the cold anymore, we headed for the mall. We walked around, I bought the kids new sneakers. Then we had dinner at Burger King.
we all felt like this at the end.
We all had fun and I really need to spend more time with them. (However, she already found a new guy. I actually like this one, though).
Happy Running!
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