Indignant Teenage Daughter: OMG MOM! Are you braless again? Me: No sweetie, this athletic tank has a shelf and pads built-in. I’m not braless. Indignant Teenage Daughter: Everyone knows that a shelf is not a bra and I can still see your nipples through those pads. You’re not going out like that, are you? Me: […]
All Too Quickly
It creeps up on you. All too quickly they grow up. One day their chubby, little arms are wrapped around your neck giving you the sweetest, slobbery kisses and the next day they are loading up the car with carelessly packed boxes of bedding and clothes heading off to college. From the state of my […]
How Do You “Nurture Nature?”
https://youtu.be/30FQJJ3kHok Ahhh… summertime. Do you remember that feeling you had as a kid on the last day of school? The joy in thinking about the countless ways to spend your days doing whatever you wanted? The endless possibilities? Remember when it was okay to be gone all day, come home in time for dinner and […]
Conquering Gros Piton – Overcoming Tears and Fears
“Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” -Ed Viesturs We had reached the top of Gros Piton. Despite my aching muscles and throbbing knees it was only sheer determination that willed me to the top of that rocky mass. Exhausted but exhilarated, I perched myself on the top rocks. I didn’t have […]
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