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Here’s What I Want You to Know….A Letter to My Daughter
Dear Sweet Girl, You will be 5 in just a few short days! The time goes by so fast (and slow simultaneously) I know that I’m going to blink and you are going to be asking me for the car keys. *Shudder* While it may be awhile for some of these, there are some nuggets… Continue reading
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Inside Out
Have you seen the latest Pixar film Inside Out? I love how recent animated movies are shifting away from the typical “damsel in distress” or “good vs. bad guy” themes and moving more into deeper territory. Inside Out depicts the inner monologues of a young girl and her family, and how so often the voices… Continue reading
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Mermaids
Sitting on the shore at the Ko’olina lagoons four years ago, my sister and her daughters jumped right in splashing and playing like three long haired mermaids. They were out visiting and I so enjoyed a peek into the future of what life looked like with kids slightly older than my own. How I marveled… Continue reading
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School’s Out for Summah!
Yesterday was the last day of school. A day that we’ve all been looking forward to. No more having to get up, schedules to keep, or homework to complete. As I walked up to pick up my tender-hearted little girl, she ran to me and buried her face in my lap. I asked her if… Continue reading
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I’m the mom
I’m the mom whose garage constantly looks like it vomited a Toys R Us into the driveway. I’m the mom whose children pick out their own clothes. (Therefore ensuring that they never match.) I’m the mom who is passionate about fitness, so yeah, I DO wear yoga pants. A lot. I’m the mom that goes… Continue reading
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Red Flags
We survived spring break! We didn’t do much, more of a stay-cation really – but it was nice to have no where we HAD to be. The kids, of course, not wanting to miss a minute of the nothingness, continued their pattern of “up at o’dark thirty”. That was until this morning when it was… Continue reading
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Challenges, Accountability, and Finding Balance
As a member of various fitness groups and pages on social media, there always seems to be some kind of challenge, contest or accountability thing going on. For example, one group is streaking (repeating running or exercising consecutive days in a row), another is recording minutes per week engaged in physical exercise, and another offered up… Continue reading
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A Weekend with Sharks
I have some military friends who land, get unpacked, waste no time in signing up kids for all kinds of activities, make friends rapidly and seamlessly dive right into their new duty station. I am not built this way. Whenever we move, I find that it takes a while to get adjusted, get into our… Continue reading
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More Miles
“Mom, I want to run one mile a day for a hundred days. Then I will have ran 100 miles!” – Jacob, 6. Be still my beating heart. Out of the blue my son told me this while driving to a haircut appointment. I wasn’t asking him to run, I wasn’t telling him “Hey, you… Continue reading
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Merry Christmas!
When I was around 6- or 7-years-old, my parents got me an entire bedroom set. It wasn’t furniture under the tree or in the garage. We went to bed just like any other night. After I was well asleep, they transferred me into their bed and set to work. When I woke up Christmas morning,… Continue reading
Life and Other Stuff 