Just Do It

So….I finally did it. (Nike would be so proud of me.) I finally came up with a solution to something that had been bugging me for longer than I care to remember…and I got it done. It wasn’t life-shattering or destiny-altering by any means. In fact,...

Victory Lap!

Let me just start this post with a warning:  expect total hideous (and possibly humiliating) honesty here.  Notice I left out the word “profound.”  This is a pretty surface-y piece of writing….but words won’t be minced. Some days I feel like a...

Clean Slate

  Every morning is new. EVERY. MORNING. Those regrets that come crashing into your consciousness the moment you’re awake enough to realize them? They don’t have a right to you. Chances are…. You messed up yesterday. Maybe big….maybe small….but I’d...

How Many Moments in a Day?

When my eldest was little, probably around two and a half, I took him to an amusement park about two hours away. We went, just us, and spent the day wandering around doing whatever we wanted. Of course there were lots of crazy-long lines and super overpriced food, but...

Switching Tracks

Have you ever seen a train switch tracks? It’s not something I’d recommend for regular entertainment. But…when you’re sitting front and center as the first car behind the blinking striped railroad crossing barrier, trapped between that and 4...