Divine women, divine intervention!

I can't even begin to express in words the magic that happened in the Tourtellotte Memorial High School building in Thompson last night.  One hundred seventy one women, members of the FTF sisterhood, gathered for the program "Fitness at any Age" sponsored by TEEG.  To see the sea of red and white shirts filling the auditorium was so inspiring and uplifting.  There was an hour of time before the program to connect with old friends and new friends and talk about how we were doing, what we were doing, and inviting each other to join walks and other activities. 

The speakers, were incredible, talking about exercise and movement.   The activity was fun (although I did take an aleve before I went to bed LOL), and the information sheets, stress ball, and exercise bands will prove useful over the next few months.  At the end of the evening, that ran almost an hour beyond its original schedule - and hardly anyone left - we had the beautiful, energetic, and inspiring Linda Collangelo share her excitement in ways that only Linda can deliver!  It was a night of  laughing, leaping, and learning!

I couldn't believe that I won two of the raffle prizes!  I NEVER win raffles!  One of the prizes was a $25.00 gift certificate to my gym.  Amy Williams was one of the speakers (she was incredible by the way) and she works for Midtown Fitness as a personal trainer and instructor.  She congratulated me and asked me if I needed directions to the gym.  Funny lady.  But that was when the idea struck me!  I am going to use this $25.00 gift certificate to help pay for three sessions with Amy at the gym.  I did this five years ago when I first joined, but honestly didn't make the most of it.  Now is the time.  As I have lost weight I have noticed that (how to put this delicately) I have more skin than body and I am hoping that I can tighten some of it up!  I am sure Amy will put me on an intensive program to do that!

I am a believer that things happen for a reason.  I think that the raffle prize was really a gift from above to inspire and challenge me to do new things.  I'll let  you know how it goes!