Combat Endurance Training

This past weekend I had a chance to visit with my mom. She turned 91 years old this past weekend and even though she is slowing down in some ways she still gives me great life lessons.

My mom is a cat person and it seems that whenever there is a stray cat in the hood it seems to find it’s way over to my mom’s house.

This past weekend in one of our conversations she told me that she was worried about her latest addition to her cat family, a young cat, who had gone missing for a day or so.

Lo and behold the little cat showed up but it was crawling around on her garage roof. So what’s a gal to do but go rescue the cat.

So mom grabs the ladder and makes the ascent up to the garage roof. When she gets to the top of the ladder she turns around to see that the cat has already found its way to the ground.

I’ve seen many people give up on life way before 91. For whatever reason they feel that the fight is not worth fighting. It’s just too dan hard.

91 years old and still climbing ladders to help a cat friend.

I’ve tried to tell her to be careful but it’s like talking to the wall. She’s going to do what she wants to do and God Bless her for it.

I only hope that I can have as much spunk and as much meaning in my life if I make it to that age.

Life is what you make of it. Make it special and you too can be climbing ladders when other people your age have long sentenced themselves to the boredom of a life with no more adventure.

Keep climbing mom

Fred Nicklaus