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How my mother and I ended up bending and bonding together
I nagged my mum to become fitter and healthier – and then realised I needed to do the same.
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The writer hopes that working out with her mother and other seniors will help her snap out of her exercise slump.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
“One last time,” says the skinny young trainer.
From a corner of the basketball court, I watch as one of the students raises her right leg off the ground before slowly lowering it. Good job, I cheer her on quietly like a proud parent, except that it is my 68-year-old mother whom I am keeping an eye on.
