Today was our first day of school. Two days ago I couldn’t wait. Yesterday I was feeling a little bit badly about counting down the seconds until the kids got on the bus. The kids were feeling mixed emotions. Number 3 is starting high school. He is excited to swim on the high school swim […]
Mental Health
Almost 50, A Little Overweight, And Rocking A Bikini On Vacation
I am in North Carolina on vacation with my kids. It is my favorite place in the world. I have been coming here since I was in high school. That was over thirty years ago. I am about 40 pounds heavier than I was back in high school and college and pre-kids. I am comfortable […]
Getting Into A Groove
It has taken me a couple days to get into a groove on vacation. It’s not easy to manage the kids and also do some things for myself, but we have fallen into a nice routine. The kids really have been very good. I wake up every morning and do yoga. Then I go for […]
I’m Going On Vacation Tomorrow and I CAN’T WAIT
The last three weeks of my life have been extremely overscheduled. This is due to a whole bunch of factors I won’t bore you with, but many — okay… most — of those factors were of my own doing. Taking on too much being one of them. But also, tomorrow morning I am leaving for […]
We All Get The Same 24 Hours
Number 3, 4 and 5 had a big 3-day swim meet this weekend. For Number 3, it was actually a 4-day swim meet. It’s called Age Group Championships which is a meet you need certain times to qualify for. It’s like state championships for kids who are fourteen years old and younger. The way the […]
Three Things That Happened Immediately After I Surrendered
Yesterday, after a lot of introspection over the weekend, I had a revelation. This revelation was partly due to me doing some work on my thoughts but it was also divine intervention. The Universe was like, SUSIE. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. HELLO!!! WHY AREN’T YOU GETTING THIS??? And so the Universe intervened through a friend of […]