Haven’t updated ya’ll in a minute on where I am with my planning and scheming for my Mom’s Gap Year! It’s sort of like Eat, Pray, Love but with no foreign lovers because I am madly devoted to my sweet husband. Also that’s not really my style. It’s a sabbatical, of sorts, because I’m using […]
The Art of Being Still
It feels lately as though the universe is sending me a message. Does that ever happen to you? Multiple times a day from multiple sources, I’ll read something or see something that all relate to a common theme: stillness. Or sometimes it’s boredom, or maybe it’s rest, but the signs are all pointing to the […]
28th Wedding Anniversary so I Guess I’ll Write About Marriage
So, as of Saturday, Scott and I will have been married for 28 years. Yup. February 10th, 1990, we said I do in front of 250 of our closest family and friends. And I’m trying to figure out what to say about that. I mean, I still love him, we’re still IN love, and he […]
Help! I Hate My Job!
I’ve been working since I was 18 years old and I am now 47. I’ll let you do the math. Oh, never mind, I’ll do it for you, that’s 29 years of working. In that time, I’ve loved many of my jobs. I mean the kind of love where you literally jump out of bed […]
Parenting Teenagers The Danger of Accumulative Anger
I currently have 3 young adult males living in my home. Yes, they are my sons, and yes, I love them dearly. When I do the math, I have been living with 3 teenagers AT THE SAME TIME for five years. And in a lot of ways it’s been a long five years. I have, […]
Do You Need to Have a Scary Conversation
There are few things in life I value more than honest communication. It basically goes like this: Jesus, my family, my dogs, honest communication. No, wait, maybe Jesus, my family, my dogs, tacos and THEN honest communication. But it’s big for me. REAL BIG. But the thing about honest communication is that it can be […]
How Am I Wasting My Energy
I was with my therapist today. I happen to adore her and I also think she’s a genius, which I suppose is an important and positive thing to feel about one’s therapist. We were talking about time and mortality (you know, just small talk;), and she said something that stopped me in my tracks. When […]
Why NOW Is The Best Time To Become A Runner
It’s a challenging time to be an informed human being. The news is filled with stories of hate, white supremacy, ignorance and abuse. From the #MeToo movement, to foreign entities influencing our elections, to the threat of nuclear war, there’s just not that much good news. You can’t throw a rock without hitting a story […]
Senior Year and I’m Doing Just Fine, Thank You
12 years ago, when the twins started kindergarten, I remember seeing a certain type of post come across my then much more limited social media platforms. The articles were telling me how to cope, how to deal, how to say good-bye to their baby-hood and not lose myself in a pool of tears and sadness […]