Team Bergeron

    There are few things harder in life to accept than criticism of your actions.  I think the only thing that might trump that is feeling love for someone that does not love you back.  But, that’s a topic for another post.  Actually, that may be so hard that I don’t even want to go there.  Like, ever. Hearing criticism is tough, though.  It’s very easy to talk about “being open to crticism” and…

        As a family, we’re very big on establishing a very short, simple list of core family values. If it came down to one and only most important, above all else, value and moto that dominates every day for us, it’s this: FAMILY FIRST. Always, always, always.  Family comes first.  Nothing else.  Ever. We really love this one because it’s 100% straight forward.  If you’re trying to make a decision about something, it…

I’m a firm believer in the idea that you can tell a lot about a girl by who her best friends are.  Not so ironically, it seems to bode true for guys, too. Which is one of the reasons why I am even more sold on the fact that Ben is as genuinely a good guy as he comes across as: his best friends are the best guys I have ever met. And, Matt O’Keefe…

        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…