I was 7 years old, when my Grandfather introduced me to jogging, as a sport. He was a very active senior citizen at the time. He valued health and a healthy lifestyle and passed as much as he could onto his grandkids. When you start running at age 7, and learn the ropes from an…
DetailsI curled up next to my daughter last night as I was putting her to bed. She begged me to scratch her back and tell her a story. Before I started my story, I asked her, “When did you feel most special today?” She told me about eating lunch at school with her friends. But…
DetailsWhen the whistle blew, all the 3 year olds had the soccer ball under their feet, except my child. I stole it from her and was trapping it under my foot….and sadly, I felt a bit of excitement that I ‘won.’ I admit, I have issues. Before children, my husband and I wanted to motivate…
DetailsLast year during a discussion in a Moms group the topic of “choice making” came up. I remember sitting in the circle thinking, “I don’t have choices in my day. I have two kids totally dependent on me and I do the same things every darn day…there is no choice in that!” However, as the…
DetailsAs hard as I try to keep things in perspective and look at the positive side of things, there are times when I just want to sit in my puddle. For maybe even a brief moment, I want to scream, “Doesn’t anybody care that I am exhausted, stressed and worn out? This is NOT NORMAL…
DetailsMoms, are you fulfilled? It’s a brief question that we can probably talk about for hours! I am currently doing historical research into this Mommy Guilt “thing”. I picked up the book by Betty Friedan, “The Feminine Mystique” that, at the time (1960s) was viewed by some as a major work in the second wave…
DetailsA few years ago when my husband was in sales, he earned a free trip to Las Vegas for a week. …with a guest. When he won the trip, I was in my last stages of pregnancy with our first child and was so happy that we had this trip to look forward to! Both…
DetailsMany times, I have described my current state as such, “feeling like I have been run over by a truck, got back up, to get run over again.” Don’t get me wrong, I really am a happy person! Really! However, there are days, moments, hours…where this Motherhood thing really wears me out! On these days…I…
DetailsWhen I was in high school and even college, I lived what I now see as a charmed life. I was NOT spoiled by any means, I worked, I was a very serious athlete, and I was very active in my church’s youth group. But my parents did not allow any ‘adult’ worries to plague…
DetailsMy friend had a job interview coming up and asked me to write a letter of recommendation. She figured I would be a good source who knew her character, intelligence, integrity and potential, best! I was honored to write this letter. I put a lot of time and thought into this letter and she was…
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