In my house, the girls earn an allowance for doing things above and beyond what is already expected of them around the house. They don’t get paid for chores that are a normal part of keeping the house running. I want them to pitch in because it’s the right thing to do, not because they…
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Finding Answers
While sitting at my daughter’s soccer game last night, another parent asked me casually, “What do you do for a living?” I paused, opened my mouth, closed it again, laughed to myself. I thought to myself, “Good question. What do I do for a living?” As a writer/business owner/consultant/Pilates Instructor that wears so many hats…
Fair?
I have spent the majority of the day wondering what the fuck “fair” means anymore. You bust your ass working hard, doing your best, treating people well and then you get your credit card number stolen and find yourself broke and helpless on a Saturday night with half a month of bills to go. You…
A Half Mary with Mom
My mom has always been a person I’ve admired. Arguably one of the smartest women I’ve ever met, she made being a mom and having a kick ass career something that looked easy when I was growing up. It was only years later with my own children that I realized the struggle she faced and…
Life Lesson #4: Remember
“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…
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…
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…
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…
Leaving a Path 