Inspirations

Gladys Burrill is one of my new heroes. When I hit my 30s, I started to fall into that trap of thinking it's "too late" or I'm "too old" to do some of the things I've always wanted to do. Things like running a marathon, learning to play the cello, going back to grad school, having more babies.

Maybe it's easy for us to use our age as an excuse, but reading about Ms. Burrill puts me in my place. If Ms. Burrill, at the age of 90, is in training to do her 5th marathon, then I'd better not use my age as an excuse not to run one! Likewise for the cello, the grad school, the babies.

So, Ms. Burrill, thank you for your inspiration. I hope to join you in my quest to complete a marathon!