Mark and I first met back in 2009 while he was in New Jersey taking care of his mom. During the six weeks between when we met and the day he moved, we walked. In fact, after our first date, the time we spent together was either walking throughout our neighborhood or working on my garden. A couple of days ago we renewed our evening ritual and took a walk over to the library.
We generally take the long way around and approach the library from the back. That route allows us to walk along a creek and a couple of ponds. It is cooler because of the shade and very diverse in terms of vegetation.
When we began running, we stopped walking. I’m not really sure why, but taking an evening constitutional (as my grams used to call it) is really a good idea. Mark and I have been talking about what we need to do to keep ourselves healthy and walking is something that we keep mentioning. I am happy that we finally decided to take that first step!