Have you seen Reebok’s new ‘Be More Human’ commercial? No? Please watch it by clicking HERE (and turn up the volume while you’re at it) before you continue reading.
Watched it?
Inspired?
I love this stuff. It gives me goosebumps and makes me want to tackle the world. And they’ve done a pretty good job of summarizing exactly what it is that makes me tick.
I hope it worked to embolden you too.
And if it didn’t, maybe these will:
Happy Tuesday, my friends.
I usually publish my blog posts on Tuesdays. But, you see, this is not a usual week.
I was just notified that I’m one of twelve finalists nominated to carry the Pan Am torch as it makes its run through Burlington this Summer, en route to Toronto for the 2015 Pan Am Games. I can’t think of a cooler opportunity. My friend and neighbour, Marnie, sent in a nomination unbeknownst to me, and here I am, excited about the impossible becoming possible.
Pan Am news is everywhere in the GTA. Commercials abound, billboards are popping up, and the buzz is growing. This is kind of a big deal. Toronto 2015 is only the third time in 85 years that these International Games have been held on Canadian soil. Right in our own backyard.
And it’s exactly the type of thing I love. I’ve been to the World Track & Field Championships, three World Junior Hockey Championships, and a College Bowl game. I’ve cheered at more NHL, CFL, MLB, NBA, NLL, and MLS games than I can count. I plan family outings around sporting events, I time my holidays around races, and I nearly knocked over Mike Weir on the fairway of a PGA event (true story). I am a sports-based chiropractor, I married a Phys Ed teacher, and my kids know that fitness is a part of life. I believe that grassroots minor sports are windows of opportunity, growth, and dreams. I live and breathe this stuff, it’s what makes me tick, it’s what makes me me. Passion? Nope. It’s more than that.
Sport is community. Sport is health. Sport is important life lessons all rolled up and condensed onto a playing field.
I’m a fan. I’m an athlete. I’m a mom raising fans and athletes.
So I am turning to you, my community. I am hoping for your support, asking for your help, tugging at your heart strings, requesting your vote. One click. One vote. One torch.
Please VOTE here: http://cms.burlington.ca/Page14733.aspx#.VJN5nrgYU
With my humble thanks,
Ashley
***This post was originally written as a Guest Blog post for Momstown.ca.
This is my final post for Momstown, as I’m finding the time commitment to be too much when my personal blog is where my true passion lies. It’s been a great experience with a wonderful company and I’ve learned a lot about the world of blogging!***
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With a five-year-old and a two-year-old in my house about to embark on their respective SK and Nursery School starts, I’ve been thinking a lot about the ‘teacher role’ I’ve played in their lives to date. I’ve been fortunate to work part-time, and so I’ve been able to spend the vast majority of my daytime hours with their amazing little selves by my side.
I’ve thought back to the practical skills I’ve taught them: putting on coats, taking off shoes, washing hands. I’ve thought about the academics: colours, numbers, shapes. I’ve thought about the life skills: taking turns, using manners, saying hello. But if I had to choose one thing, just one thing, that I’m proud that they’ve learned from me, is that I’ve taught them to move.
They’ve learned that movement makes you strong. Movement makes you grow. Movement makes you confident, capable, and full of life. That movement makes you healthy. That movement is simply a part of life.
I practice what I preach, and I preach movement. They see me come home from the gym in the wee hours of the morning, tired and sweaty and happy. They see me huffing and puffing as I push them through the snowy streets in the running stroller. They see that we choose bikes rather than cars, exploring rather than TV, and playgrounds rather than movie theatres. They see movement not as a daily chore, not as a ‘physical activity requirement’, but rather as a normal part of every day.
Have you seen this phrase floating around?
I couldn’t agree more.
Teach your kids to move.
Cozy and ready to go for a run.
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