“At some point, your memories, your stories, your adventures, will be the only things you’ll have left.”― Chuck Palahniuk This afternoon I took the girls up to see their grandfather who suffers from dementia and Parkinson’s disease and spend some time with him. Sitting in the corner of a non-descript room at a rehabilitation facility…
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Life Lesson #3: Learn
“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” -Sarah Caldwell I spent 18 hours this weekend at a Pilates seminar. When I got home this afternoon my muscles were sore, my body was tired, and my mind was…
Welcome Distractions
“Nothing exists in itself. If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more.”— Herman Melville, Moby Dick I run this route in front of my house. It’s a sloping incline out 400m and 400m back making it…
Life Lesson #2 Love
My girls and I have a ritual when I tuck them into bed. We call it “The I love you more than…” game. As I tuck them into their beds I say, “I love you.” They say, “I love you more!” Then I say, “More than what?” and they respond, oftentimes with silly answers like…
Training Run
There it is. The moment when you’re done, but you haven’t finished. There’s no finish line to grant you release no mileage marker that indicates your finale. It’s not even on a race course. It’s on mile 4.33 of 6.2 on a well worn training trail, the quiet lake it surrounds the only witness. It’s…
Fashion Forward
In July of 2011, I began a new blog entitled: Eff and Other Words. It’s been a labor of love and laughs (I do curse from time to time, so be warned) and I started a series on the funny side of parenting. While this post lent itself nicely to that forum, I thought it…
Life Lesson #1 Listen
“The earth has music for those who listen.” ― William Shakespeare Today I dropped Cate off at her first day of preschool and my parting words as I kissed her on the forehead and hugged her small frame were, “Listen to your teachers, Cate!” As I walked around the corner I saw her trot off…
Where I’ve Been
“It is never to late to be what you might have been” –George Eliot New Year’s is a time for all things new and planning ahead, but looking back over a year and being reminded of where you’ve been. As 2011 draws to a close I am reflective on a year that was nothing like…
The Christmas Run
Christmas is like a promise that is made to you at the beginning of each year. Just get to December 25th and magic will happen. You just have to get there. But this Christmas left me wanting. My girls were both gone Christmas Eve night and day… the result of a divided household, I dropped…
“Hi.”
When Taylor flew through the door today her eyes and face red, tears lining her face, I knew something horrible had happened. I was on the phone for a work call and immediately said, “I need to call you back” and without waiting for a response, I hung up and rose to my feet. She…
Leaving a Path 