Being thankful for the ups. Learning from the downs. Finding adventure in between.
Decembers are filled with abundance. An abundance of festivities. An abundance of desserts. An abundance of days off from work. An abundance of wine. As much as I love all of those abundances, by the end of the year, I’m over it. By New Year’s Eve, my body is screaming at me to stop overeating, […] Read more…
When I realized a few weeks ago that not only was I about to greet a new decade, but I was also about to celebrate this blog’s 10th anniversary, I went back to the beginning and reread my first post. Then I read my second. And my third. As I continued scrolling through day after […] Read more…
A handful of years ago I decided to abandon the traditional New Year’s resolutions in favor of one simple word. Instead of making a list of goals I never seemed to achieve, I wanted to focus on a single word that encompassed the overall tone I wanted for the year ahead based on everything that […] Read more…
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.” ~T.S. Eliot Another year is about to start, and as we reflect on the year we’re about to leave behind, I wanted to look back on 2019 with another Roller Coaster year in review. So what did my 2019 […] Read more…
I’m inflexible. I’m also a lifelong athlete, at one time a nationally ranked swimmer and then an adult who developed an addiction to half marathons. But despite the medals I’ve won, records I’ve set and finish lines I’ve crossed, I can’t touch my toes. That level of inflexibility created an aversion to any kind of […] Read more…
I’m busy. Everyone I know is busy. And when life is busy, we all do the best we can to knock out the must-dos and compromise on the rest. The past few months I’ve been shuffling work, my son’s high school track meets, my daughter’s softball practices and games, my own exercise routines, pets, laundry, […] Read more…
