In today’s world everyone is busy.  There is work, sports activities, school activities, play dates, meetings, so many things clamour for our attention.  Families find themselves spending a significant amount of time running from one activity to another.  Very little time is actually spent doing things as a family, even though much of the time running is spent together.  In order to create those moments, you have to take the time to consciously spend some family time together.

It may seem like a chore, but find an interest that all members can do together.  Play at it together, and take the time to talk about your experiences.  Soon you will find that the time together has built a much stronger family bond and you will have memories to last a lifetime.

As a family we chose to spend time running together.  It was an activity which promoted a healthy lifestyle, an opportunity to travel to different races, create spectacular memories together, and build a common interest that we can all enjoy.  I will confess, running is not my thing.  I may have been born to be a couch potato, but my children would not reap the benefits of a healthy lifestyle if I chose to only partake in things I want to do.  Running was an acquired taste.  I had to really work at it, but soon I found that the common groung that we built in running gave us an opportunity to grow as a family, and I wouldn’t trade one moment of pain, one day of heat, one hour of frustration during that final mile because it is the one thing that brought us even closer together.  It is our….Family Mile.