I first joined the swim team when I was ten years old. I wasn’t good — at all — but I loved it. By the time I got to high school, I was fairly decent. I was All-State my sophomore, junior, and senior year. I swam at Lehigh all four years. I was one of […]
Archives for December 2016
This year, resolve to focus on the journey, rather than the destination.
As we move into a new year, millions of people have already begun to formulate their list of New Year’s resolutions. No doubt, one of those resolutions for many of us will be to lose weight. If you are one of those many who wants to shed a few pounds, I have a suggestion. Don’t resolve to […]
2016. The Year of the Wake Up Call.
Carrie Fisher died yesterday. She was only thirteen years older than me. George Michael died two days before that. He was only fifty-three. Fifty-three. He was younger than my husband! Alan Thicke died two weeks ago at 69. Two years younger than my parents. Prince died in April. He was only 57. I could keep going. […]
Sometimes you are the role model for your kids. Other times, they are the role model for you.
I have spent the past few months feeling like this panda. I haven’t completely stopped exercising or anything, but I also haven’t been training for any marathons or races, I’m coming out of a fairly significant bout of depression, and I’ve dealt with that and the stress of other stuff by eating. And eating. And […]
Her name is Angel.
I wasn’t going to write a post today because it’s Christmas Eve and I wanted to be really present with my family and especially with my kids. But something happened tonight and I just wanted to share it. The kids were getting a little rambunctious and so I took Number 5 and Number 7 down […]
Presence. Not Presents.
Number 7 has a short day every Monday, and she gets off the bus around 1 pm, a couple hours before everyone else gets home. This past Monday, I decided that rather than try to run errands or give her something to occupy herself so I could get some stuff done, I’d instead spend some quality […]