doing something beneficial

My youngest, Brianna, who just turned 7, doesn’t do many things with me alone. Why? Because, if I’m alone with any of my kids, it’s Ted and usually we are all doing things together. However, yesterday was different. We decided to walk on the bike/walking trail. I was pleasantly surprised at 2 things: how good of a time we had and the fact I got a better workout then I anticipated. Brianna decided that it wasn’t good enough to simply walk on the trail. So, there were times she decided to run. I am glad that she’s only 7 and not 14, because I would not have been able to keep up with her. But with Bri, I kept up just fine although I was huffing and puffing.
But it was funny, because Brianna was completely in charge! She decided when we would start running and stop running! I simply followed along. The picture is her on the trail. I live in Cook County, Illinois and Cook County has more miles of walking/bike trails than anywhere in the United States. We were on an oval that was 3.3 miles long. We walked about ½ of it and then we crossed the street, to a lagoon and saw all the ducks and geese.
We spent about an hour walking and when she asked how far we walked, I told her about 2 miles. It was a very enjoyable time. I’m glad I was able to burn off a few calories I have gained eating Halloween candy. The best thing is we will be doing that again next weekend!

She asked a rather endearing question. "Daddy, why do people keep smiling at me?"

"Because they like seeing your beauty and innocence," I replied.