Jonah had a homework assignment that asked him to “introduce” himself to his teacher. He was asked to write a letter to his teacher explaining what he was like, what he was interested in, and what made him who he is. When I read it, I couldn’t stop smiling. The whole letter made me so happy to see how he sees himself, and how honest he is with himself about the person he…
Jonah used to ask me all the time, “What’s the hardest part about being a parent?” I love that question, especially when it’s from your (then) 12 year old son. It’s a loaded question because you feel like the “right” answer is, “Nothing. I love being a parent. Period.” But, in all honesty, there are a lot of hard things about being a parent. Some are good hard, and some are hard hard. With a…
This little car carried me, Maya, and Jonah through my divorce with Alex. We went through a solid period of time where we, literally, lived out of this Jeep…hopping around from one friend’s guest room to another’s. We had no hard top, so we wore blankets inside of it to keep warm in the winter. We had to unzip the windows when we would go grocery shopping to fit our bags in the back…
Kat was scheduled to do the Falmouth Triathlon today as part of her training. She did it last year, as well, with Cole…except, last year she had one of our old mountain bikes that had some sort of basket on the front. It wasn’t “ideal” competition gear, to say the least. This year, she bought a real, big girl road bike the day before we all came down here for the month…it even has a…
It wouldn’t be characteristic of me to spend this much time with these athletes and not share something about each of them on this blog. They all sort of gear up for it now, anyway. They know that when they come and hang out in my presence that anything and everything is fair game for content on this blog, unless they specifically tell me that they don’t want something quoted, photographed, or shared in any…
People have been making fun of me all week for this sleep mask I found at TJ Maxx. Matt O’Keefe keeps saying it looks like I’ve got a mini bra over my face. And, everyone is just generally making fun of me for wearing it and swearing that I sleep better with it on. Yes, I know I look like a tool. But, I am telling you the honest to God truth, I sleep deeper…
I’m sitting here on the deck of our rental house on the Cape getting amped up to write a blog post, which is in all seriousness as good as taking valium to me. These moments when I get to do this are few and far between on vacation because it’s hard to peel myself away from the kids and just trying to make the most of every second, every moment, we have down here. But,…
Maya and I have been having some great conversations while we’ve been home together, as is par for the course when you hang out with this girl. The one that we got deep into today was about our home. Maya was talking to me about how much she loves our home because she always feels like whenever she’s there, she always feels like there’s something for her to do: hang out with random combinations of…
One of the best things about Ben is that it’s in his nature to be a leader. It’s not just a coaching thing, or a business-owner thing, or even just a dad thing. He is a phenomenal leader. Ben has a way of leading people in a way that he makes you want to follow him, and buy into the message he’s laying out, and you just want to make him proud of the…
There’s a little bit of a story behind how we ended up renting a house down here on the Cape for the month. When CrossFit announced that the Games would be bumped back to the first week in August, we realized it posed a little bit of an issue for our family. Our usual post-Games, early August family vacation down on the Cape wouldn’t be able to happen the way it has for the last…