You can do it Bruce (one bite at a time)

(Rob) One of our favorite movies is Matilda, and one of our favorite parts is where Bruce Bogtrotter is forced by the principal to eat an enormous chocolate cake. With a little encouragement from his classmates he does the impossible . . . one bite at a time.

In 2009, I bought a running watch to track the distance of each run. I suppose I didn't set any concrete goals, but had hoped to log 1,000 miles within a year or so. It took nearly two years and several pairs of running shoes, but at the Chinese New Year I celebrated 1,011 miles . . . a handful of miles at a time.

Flori and I were listening to the girls practice piano yesterday. Flori said, "wow, they're sounding really great." The fruits of hours and hours of accumulated practice . . . thirty minutes at a time.

Flori is looking and feeling especially healthy and is meeting her fitness goals. She's avoided thousands of calories by skipping desserts . . . one day at a time.

So if you overhear us say, "you can do it Bruce," you'll know a slow but monumental change is underway.

Go Brucie!!