Inspiration

Tricia Truax is her name.
Helping others is her game.

Tricia is the owner of Studio Zumba in Wintersville (Zumba in the Ville).  She is also the creator of Belly Dancing Body Fitness.

We barely know each other.

She is my greatest source of strength and inspiration.

How is that possible when we hardly know each other?  Let me tell you.

This woman is nothing but a giver.  She gives her all to everything she does.  I see it everyday through her facebook posts/conversations, or when I talk to her, or when I hear about her from someone else.

The way Tricia involves you in her life makes you feel so close to her.  She doesn't treat you as another customer.  She really and truly cares about you.  There were times I couldn't make it to a Zumba class in the past and she offered to come pick me up.  Again she hardly knows me!  How amazing is it that she cares so much that she would do anything for her students?

Tricia includes everyone in her most intimate elements of her life.  She does this because she cares.  She says what's in her heart.  To some people they might think "TMI", to me (and everyone I talk to) it's not "TMI" at all.  It's someone pouring out her heart to you so you can find strength.  She is very open to the tragedies she has experienced.  She doesn't do this to find pity from anyone.  She does this so she can show everyone how to find strength and power in any situation.

It never ceases to amaze me the light that shines from this woman.  She empowers me to be a better person, a better mother, a healthier person.  It's even the simplest things.  Some days she just posts pictures on her facebook wall.  I don't know where she finds them but they speak loudly.  Here's today's:

It may seem silly to some.  But to those of us who need this kind of inspiration and drive it means a ton and more.

So I thank you Tricia.  I thank you for being open.  I thank you for caring.  I thank you for helping.  I thank you for inspiring.  You have given me a drive that I have never had before in any of my attempts at a better healthier life.  Thank you a thousand times over.