Parks and Recreation Director
South Boston, Virginia
SENIOR EXERCISE GROUP
Who are these
people so energetic, vibrant, loving and seemingly
without a
care, who greet and hug me as if was a teddy bear.
Smiles, Hugs/handshakes going everywhere who
are these
people who
greet you, and actually happy that you are there.
How are you, where have you been, glad you are
better, and welcome back my friend.
The
Recreation Center has become a church without a steeple,
and through the doors come so many good
people.
Some walk and
talk, while others walk and silently pray for whatever
it is they
need today.
Weights clatter, and the users fill the weight
room with gleeful chatter, and some gather just to hear the silly things that
Seymour will say.
And for the Lazy one’s Ms. Mitch will lovingly
say, you ain’t done nothing today at least walk a few laps before you sit
down or go in
there to play.
Exercising is never a bore, while some walk
others play cornhole
in the middle of the floor. And our pool player’s
men and women all pair up to play, and that’s where they spend most of their
day.
In their own time, and in their own way these
adults have become children again as they laugh and play.
And I just do
my best to be helpful and to stay out of their way.
