In a million years, I never would have expected to become someone who enjoyed running. Ever. In fact, it has historically been one of the most painful self-inflicted activities I could imagine enduring.
Yet somehow in the past four years of motherhood, I’ve grown to crave the time alone in the ...
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Walking the Line Between Tomorrow and Today
Originally posted on my friend, Charity's blog. Reposted below in celebration of my daughter's fourth birthday yesterday, or as another friend put it, the fourth anniversary of becoming a mommy. Here's to many more years of walking the tight rope of the present...
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Last night as I was putting my ...
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Being Seen and Loved
I waved good-bye to a treasured friend last week. As she pulled out of my driveway, her car loaded down with the last remnants of her now empty apartment, my tears flowed. Tears of grief over the loss of time together. Tears of gratitude for the beauty of hearts connected. Tears of love for this ...
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When Failure Leads to Freedom
I love birthdays. Everything about them. But especially the generosity with which people tend to shower you with love and adoration. I especially like that part. I also like thinking about my birthday as a milestone, a flag in the sand marking the distance traveled since this time last year.
As I ...
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What Our Daughters Need to Know About Beauty
Earlier this week, my kids amused themselves while I was making dinner by going into my closet and carrying all of my shoes into a pile in the living room, one at a time. Their giggles went on and on the entire time I was cooking, until dinner was ready and there were no shoes left in the closet. ...
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When You Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
I’ve been told that I’m a fomo. There are worse F-words to be called, but for some reason it still doesn’t quite sound like a compliment. The “Fear of Missing Out” (F-O-M-O…get it?) often causes me to engage socially when I’d really rather stay home, or even just be by myself. Even though my ...
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