Let's talk about snakes, shall we?

Welcome to walking as fitness.

This is a podcast of action, providing a little extra motivation to help you keep that

fitness promise you made to yourself.

Hi, I'm Dave.

I've been walking for fitness since 2013 averaging about 21,000 steps a day.

I'm walking right now and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

This was probably 10 years ago. I was sitting on the back porch in my own world until one of my children,

and I don't remember which one, comes busting out of the door and says,

Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad.

You know you're in trouble when they use your name three times.

There's a snake in the house, in the basement, in your workroom.

So he goes back in and I follow down the steps into the basement, back part of the basement.

And sure enough, there on the floor in my work area is a snake curled up, probably three to four feet.

And standing around at a safe distance, my wife and all my children, looking at the snake,

looking at me, looking at the snake, looking at me, they didn't say anything, but I knew what they were all thinking.

Dad, what are you going to do? Because they all knew that I was not a fan of snakes. For me,

two things happened when I encounter a snake. I experience a full adrenaline dump. And then

the urge to scream. So here we are in my workroom with my family and a snake. And they're

all wondering, what are you going to do, Dad? What are you going to do?

Here's what I wanted to do. I wanted to write them a letter. Dear family, I hereby resign as father.

Best of luck in your future endeavors.

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