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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]