People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you can run three miles, but can barely walk across the parking lot on other days, ' [my mom] said quietly.

Jennifer Starzec
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People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you can run three miles, but can barely walk across the parking lot on other days,' she said quietly. I should not have been surprised by this comment. I had learned long ago that my mom could see me when no one else could. But the meaning of it still stung.

Source: Determination

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