Today we finished up the final meet of the season. It was a three day meet called Eastern Zones Championships, and it’s a tiring meet both physically and emotionally. We weren’t planning on going to it until about a month ago. Since it was kind of a bonus meet, Number 4 especially was just out […]
Archives for March 2018
The Second Derivative
Here is just a little — or maybe a big — thing for you to think about today. I recently heard the term second derivative (while listening to Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversation podcast). If you have taken calculus, you have heard this term. I took calculus in high school. I remember this term. I don’t remember […]
Mom, Do You Need A Tampon?
When you are at a three or four day swim meet, you spend a lot of time in close quarters with your kid(s). You are tired and you are experiencing a range of emotions at the pool and you are in a hotel room together and you are sharing a bed and you are in […]
Six Years
Back in 2012, a few months after I started this blog, Number 3 and 4 swam in their first swim meet. It was a little, rinky dink summer league meet. Today, six years later, they are swimming together at a meet with some of the best swimmers on the East Coast. I really just wanted […]
End Of An Era
Number 3 started his first season of t-ball seven years ago when he was five years old. It was clear from the moment he started that he had quite a bit of natural talent. Two years later, at seven years old, he started playing travel ball. For the last five summers, I have anxiously awaited […]
There Is Something So Powerful About Acknowledging
Back in December and January I had gotten into a pretty good routine that I really enjoyed where first thing in the morning I would exercise, and while I was working out I’d listen to a podcast. My favorite was Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations. I have learned so much from these podcasts about myself and people […]