Life In The Big Apple

an early morning workout

Lena's: POV
Lena was down in the basement working out
It wasn't often Lena would get up at 5:00 am in the morning. Since opening up Tasty treats, Lena's not been her best. Lena was doing some stretching before she got on her treadmill, sometimes Lena had a habit of taking to much on all at one time. Lena is a strong willed woman
Who takes nothing from nobody, she's very vocal when it comes to things she's passionate about. one thing that laid
Heavy on her mind, the poor young homeless girl
Who she spotted in the alley behind her bakery. Eating out the trashcan. The girl looked about 14 or 15 years old
They made her heart ache, she offered the girl something to eat but she refused. Lena hopes she has a warm place to sleep at, Lena didn't realize there's a lot teenagers who are homeless and walking around town late at night looking for a place to crash at. Lena's donated money to children
Nigeria, where kids are forced to work instead of going to school. Not only that single mothers have a hard time feeding their new born babies. Now their to able to have plenty of food and clothes on their backs, Lena's been Nigeria a few times to help out when they had a big storm a couple of years ago. She was part of the recuse mission
Who came to help clean up, there were around thirty workers that were their leading a helping hand. Lena stayed down there for three months, it made her heart
Feel good to help out others who were in need of assistance. But after seeing that young girl brought up
Her time in Nigeria, this was way before she meet Stef
She was a senior in high school at time. Their were young people there as well. It was a work-study program
Lena's considers herself blessed, after she finishes with her stretches. Lena got on the treadmill selected the speed and workout she wanted, she begins walking slowly
Then ample up the speed and Lena started running
Lena was so engrossed in her workout on the treadmill
She didn't hear Stef come down the celling. Stef just stood there watching Lena, this was the second morning
Lena was up early. Stef knew Lena hasn't been sleeping well, for the past few nights. Stef remember last night
How they had.