reading – Life and Other Stuff

December 29, 2020

Resolutions or Goals?

It’s that time of year where we take stock and reevaluate and set goals! Or when we think about our intentions for the next year. Or maybe you are in the camp of not doing anything of the sort. Either way, the end of the year is here! I went back and reviewed the blog… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Health and Fitness

2021, cycling, fitness, goals, Happy New Year, health, intention, New Year’s resolutions, Peloton, reading, resolutions

January 5, 2020

New Year, New Me! (and all the other things we tell ourselves)

Christmas got put away today, all the boxes loaded up and back to their spot in the garage for another year. It’s feeling fresh and clean in our space. The house is 99% uncpacked and is now home. The kids will be back to school and we’ll be in our full swing regular routine again.… Continue reading

depression, Family, Health and Fitness, Writing

depression, diet, exercise, goals, Happy New Year, health, miles, New Year’s resolutions, reading, recovery

March 3, 2019

Reading Stories

“Mama,” Hannah looked up at me. “Yes?” I asked, distractedly. “I hate the part of reading when you are almost done and you know the book is almost over. Especially if it’s a really really good one!” “I couldn’t agree more,” I told her. She now had my full attention. One thing I have always… Continue reading

Family, Writing

Family, kids, parenting, reading, stories

September 13, 2016

Radical Honesty

Authenticity, radical honesty, and simply put in the author’s own word: brutiful – Glennon Doyle Melton’s Love Warrior is sitting with a bookmark half way through it’s pages, begging me to finish it. Seriously. It is SO raw and honest. I’ve laughed. I’ve cried. Reading this feels like when you stare directly into the sun. It’s… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Writing

author, books, Glennon Doyle Melton, growth, kids, Love Warrior, parenting, reading, self awareness, shame

September 4, 2015

Mishmash and Miscellany

We have rounded out the second week of school in our neck of the woods and it has been busy, as usual. Here’s the mishmash rundown… My dear hubby thought what better way to start off the back to school season than with a school of fish?! Eric texts me from the pet store, where he was… Continue reading

Family, Health and Fitness

books, boy scouts, Brene Brown, fish, husbands, injury, kids, pets, reading, Rising Strong, running, sprained ankle, weekend

November 8, 2014

Mr. Mom

I love my husband. Seriously. This whole mommy getaway adventure is because of him. He encouraged me to go, assured me it would all be taken care of, and he had it all under control at home. Seriously!? Who wouldn’t love this man? Here is what he’s been up to: Reading to Jake’s class during… Continue reading

Family, Health and Fitness

dad duty, exercise, kids, kindergarten, parenting, race, reading, school, volunteering

February 27, 2013

Parenting: Are We Over Thinking It?

I’ve been told that I “read too much” or “think too much” or “worry too much” when it comes to parenting. Not by anyone person, but in general – by a couple of people. Shaking their heads from side to side with that look that says “there’s just too much information out there”. We read books,… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Family

learning, mothering, parenthood, parenting, philosophy, reading