Precerpt from Grandma's Ninja Training Diary: Survivor Guilt, Senior Edition
I’ve discovered a new emotion: “I’m-too-healthy-for-my-age” guilt. It sneaks up on you when you’re hauling trash cans uphill or doing a plank, and your friends are telling you about their knee replacements, shoulder surgeries, and stair-climbing woes. I don’t brag. I don’t compare. But I do sometimes feel like I should apologize for my bones behaving themselves. Then I remember: I earned these muscles the old-fashioned way — lifting kids, lifting grandkids, lifting groceries, lifting life. So here’s my new rule: Be grateful for what works. Be gentle with what doesn’t. And never apologize for being a Grandma Ninja. We all age differently. And that’s okay. Grandma’s Ninja Training Diary is the inspiring true story of a septuagenarian grandmother who dared to dream big—by training for American Ninja Warrior . Teaming up with her coach and trainer, she embarks on a three-year journey to build strength, resilience, flexibility, balance, and endurance—starting from scratch. While CO...