Big Shoes To Fill

Hadassah loves to put on my sneakers if I leave them laying where she can get to them. Every kid has to do this with their parents' shoes. Kind of puts life into a clearer perspective. It takes awhile to fill those big shoes. We all need a lot of time to grow up. I'm getting a better understanding of life long training for my children. I have 18 years or so before they leave the nest and I have so much I want to teach them. Eric and I are training for a 5k this weekend, so we've been going on family runs several times a week. Eric pushes the double jogger and Malakai rides his bike. It's become something we all look forward to and enjoy doing together. So, my sneakers have been logging quite a few more miles than normal recently. I am believing that all of the training and hard work will pay off and be worth it in the end. So it is with parenting...