Ben spoke to something in his post-workout speech during his 8:30 class today that is going straight onto my list of things that I cycle through in my head when things get hard, regardless of what the situation is: “I AM STRONGER BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED.” I’m not “suffering” from anything at the moment, but this is a good one to tuck in your tool belt for “emergencies”. He talked to…
I will never forget all of the times I was told, “You’ll see. Someday when you have kids, you’ll understand. You’ll do the same thing we’re doing.” Because those words echo in my head every time I spend time with my kids and I am dealing with situations similar to what I remember dealing with my parents on when I was their age. I remember reconnecting with an older college friend after I graduated who…
‘Tis the season for gift giving, isn’t it? For starters, I feel like early Fall must be mating season; it’s like everyone’s birthday is in May and June. Every week you’ve got at least one or two birthdays to celebrate, both kids and adults alike. Then, Father’s Day always sneaks up on you, which is always fun because we all know how hard it usually is to find a gift for a guy. Then, there’s…
I was talking with Ben last night about how I’m sort of in this place right now where I can’t imagine being a competitive athlete again anytime soon. This last year or so has been such a different experience for me than the 10 or so leading up to now when competing was one of my top priorities on a daily basis. Being a wife and mom were definitely still the most important things to…
I never really dug into quite how cool Jonah’s solar car race the other day, but it was super-duper cool. And, I’m not just saying that because I’m a 100% biased proud mother having gotten to witness him and his partner win the entire thing…but, I suppose that is a piece of the puzzle that I should include to maintain at least a bottom level of reader trust. What was so cool about the…
The other night, I wake up to the sound of Ben having a nightmare. He’s make these sounds like he’s crying in his dream, similar to what I assume I sound like when that happens to me. So, I immediately start trying to wake him up. He comes to pretty quickly and I ask him if he’s ok. “Yeah, why could you tell I was dreaming?” “Yes, you sounded like you were crying.” “No, I…
I think the reason why there’s such unicorn love out there in the world right now is that it’s really the idea of what unicorns are like and what they represent and not so much about a specific character out there who is a unicorn. I think people love the idea of unicorns because when you think of them, you think about happiness and innocence and pretty colors and purity and youthfulness and love and…
18 years. I have known this girl, my first born baby, for 18 years. It doesn’t even seem real to me. 18 years seems like such a long time. So long that I can barely remember all of the things that you think you will never let yourself forget about when you’re in the moment. I’ve lost all memory of some pretty major milestones like Maya losing her first tooth, or watching her drive…
You know how there are times when you are just casually telling some friends about something you do on the regular that you don’t know any different than to think is totally normal, but then their reaction assures you that it’s not? That happened when we went out to dinner with the Pfannenstiehl’s (I, literally, have no idea if that’s even remotely close to how you spell their name even though we’ve been good…