Category: Personal Growth

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Sometimes You Need to Walk a Lap: A New Year’s Resolution to Slow Down, Stop Trying So Hard and Learn the Practice of Savoring

January 3, 2018

So I ran a half marathon toward the end of last year.  I didn’t know I could do that… until I did.  It took a lot of training.  Waking up early and pounding the pavement and keeping at it and pushing myself.  And it feels good, accomplishing a goal like that.  I’m not going to… Read More Sometimes You Need to Walk a Lap: A New Year’s Resolution to Slow Down, Stop Trying So Hard and Learn the Practice of Savoring

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The Sun Will Set… When You Just Need to Know that a Day Will Have an End

October 6, 2017

We stood there waiting for the bus.  She asks innocently, “How was your day?” For a moment I think, “Just say fine,” but truth is it wasn’t fine. “Oh, it’s been a hard day.” I say with a tired smile. I don’t even really have the energy to go into it, the hard of my… Read More The Sun Will Set… When You Just Need to Know that a Day Will Have an End

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The Difference a Day Makes: A Control Freak Learning a Lesson in Giving up Control

August 31, 2017

At 10:30 pm a year ago today I look at my husband while leaning over our bed, breathing deep, and said to him, “We’re not going to make it!!” I was in labor.  I knew this was it!  Our girl was coming.  And while I knew I was in labor, I could also tell that this… Read More The Difference a Day Makes: A Control Freak Learning a Lesson in Giving up Control

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