Sulphur Springs Trail: Take One
My Monday solo hike of the Sulphur Springs Trail at Paris Mountain State Park was my pacing hike. Sulphur Springs Trail is rated strenuous and makes a good stamina-building hike within […]
Category Archives: Everyday Extraordinary
There May Be Tears: A Beginner Backpacker Begins
I hiked alone for the first time yesterday. As part of my make-it-up-as-I-go-along-with-some-help-from-more-experienced-folks training regimen for my first backpacking trip in June, I’m hitting trails at least twice a week. Before […]
Good Living: A Matter of Focus and Perspective
A few weeks ago, I was talking with someone who struggles with distorting reality according to her feelings about a particular situation or person at any given time. When something […]
Waking Up to Joy
The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button. — Brené Brown My latest wake-up call was brought to me by my almost 13-year-old nephew […]
Life After Death
Today would have been my dad’s 59th birthday. I went to the zoo this afternoon to celebrate the first of his birthdays without him. My dad didn’t particularly like zoos […]
Celebrating Firsts
Because our girls were a teen and tween when they came to us, we’ve missed many of their firsts. First tooth, first word, first step, first scraped knee and all-better […]
Do It! Do It! Do It!
Throughout this month, there have been moments when I’ve felt too drained, either mentally or emotionally, to put my fingers to the keyboard and type out anything beyond gibberish. Right […]
Yet Another Snow Day…
This morning began with a family walk around the neighborhood since the girls had a snow day. Snow days meant next to nothing to us before we had kids, especially […]
Cold Night, Icy Day
Neighbor kids rang our doorbell last night to see if our girls could come out and play in the sleet and ice. My promise of hot chocolate when they returned […]
The Wonders of Rest
I’m cheating a bit with this post. What you’re reading today was written last night because I desperately needed to take a break from my computer. Since the goal was […]
Parrot & Ox 