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Vulnerability, The Universe, And Four Quarters

September 28, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I am going through some stuff right now. Some really, really, REALLY hard stuff. I’m okay, but every part of me is being challenged. And this will be a figurative marathon really. There is no quick fix, no easy button, no get out of jail free card. The last few days have been particularly rough. […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: friends, universe, Vulnerability

TEN MONTHS

May 4, 2018 by not your average mom 2 Comments

You know what Wednesday was? It was ten months with no alcohol. TEN MONTHS. TEN MONTHS!!!!!! That’s a big deal for me. But what is even more of a big deal than no booze for over three hundred days is what I realized the day before. It was a pretty big a-ha moment for me. […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: alcohol, booze, friends, friendships, mental health, mom friends, sobriety

Mom Friends

February 23, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

My surgery is in four days. I am told, depending on who I talk to, that I will be out of commission anywhere from one to six weeks. That’s quite a window. I hope I’ll be one of those super speedy recoverers. Five or ten years ago, I would have expected myself to get through […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: friends, mom friends, surgery

My New Friend

February 20, 2018 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Do you ever meet someone and just feel an instant connection with her?  Where even though you’ve only known her a month or a day or an hour you already know you can just talk to her about anything? I recently met such a person. She randomly appeared in my life.  And right away, I was […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: ankle bracelets, baby elephant, bucket list, elephants, friends, Masters swimming, swim coach, swim team

Next Stop, Richmond, Virginia

August 7, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Number 3 and 4 first joined the swim team six years ago. They swam on the town team which only swims in the summer and practices in the lake at the town beach. It’s a rinky dink little team, but it was the perfect introduction to swim team for them. They both loved it. Of […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: balance, burnout, friends, life lessons, merch by amazon, season, swim meets last forever, swim team, swimming, zones

Do you need a therapist?

September 3, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

There is a vineyard in my town. It’s  1.7 miles from my house as the crow flies, and a 3.3 mile drive. And in the seven years I have lived here, I’ve never been there. Until today. Today I went there with a bunch of friends to surprise another friend for her birthday. It was […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: friends, therapist, vineyard, wine

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