Final Workout at Curves Monroeville - Living and Letting Go

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

I have written about the closing of Curves Monroeville in two past posts in this blog, 1) Banana Oat Bars Recipe and A Milestone and Saying Goodbye to Curves Monroeville and 2) Vegan Fruit Pizza and Jody and Curves Monroeville Zumbarettes.  Please read and view the pictures in these two other posts dedicated to Curves Monroeville. 



The ever familiar place known to us as Curves Monroeville where we not only nurtured our body but also our mind and soul as we exercised and met friends.

Today Marion and her husband Rob cordially and generously invited members to celebrate the final workout at Curves Monroeville with a sumptuous brunch of delicious bagel sandwiches, fresh fruit salad and muffins.  Here are the pictures of the event. 




The owner, Marion, and some of the staff members.  They all made it a point to call us by our first name everytime we came in for workout and before we left to say goodbye.  Left to right: Nancy, Sue, Elona, Marion, Karen and Ellen. 

The members and staff posing for a group picture with Marion.  Though our hearts were breaking it was mixed with joy for we are grateful to Marion.  As one quote says,
"Joy is the simplest form of gratitude".  Karl Barth

The members and staff with Marion and her significant other, Rob.

The devoted pair - Marion and Rob.  Your love and support for each other are inspirational.

 

To Marion and Rob and to all the staff and members of Curves Monroeville, thank you for the wonderful time and friendships made.

 

When you took over the ownership of Curves from Denise, the original owner,  two years ago, you mentioned to me that your vision was to create a place where women could find a haven to stay healthy and strong. Rest assured, Marion, that the vision has been fulfilled all the two years you spent at Curves Monroeville.  We are grateful to you for your boundless energy, creativity, time and effort to accomplish that for our sake. 

 

It is a hard place to replace but after all the benefits we obtained from this wonderful place there is no turning back and we will go to continue the quest to be healthy women in both body and spirit through fitness and support from friendships made.  Thank you.

 

(The quote was written on an image from http://makingspacethejourneyout.wordpress.com).

Alas, life goes on.