Count your blessings.

I often think about how lucky I am to have 3 healthy children. I’m sure many of you reading this right now are nodding your head and counting your blessings too.  At my 20 year high school reunion, I was catching up with a friend who mentioned in conversation, that she has a 5 1/2 year old son who is severely autistic.  I was caught a bit off guard not knowing if I should ask questions or nod in sympathy.  We exchanged phone numbers and I looked forward to talking to her more in-depth once we had a quiet moment.

I want to share Keri’s story because I think we can all find something important from her experience. (more…)

 

Who do you want to be….now?

This is a picture of me during my first year of college.  I need to go to my mom’s home to dig out something closer to my senior year so you can see the end result of four years of drinking, eating, and merriment.  I decided to reflect back to my early 20’s days based on a comment from a friend.  This dear friend was explaining why she was having such a difficult time getting motivated to work out.  Then she said, “You wouldn’t understand because you are naturally fit.  You have probably worked out your whole life!”.  But, she was wrong.  I didn’t embark on being fit until I was in my mid-20’s.

I figured it was the perfect opportunity to dig out a few of the skeletons in my closet and share some of my struggles with fitness.  I have been lucky enough to not struggle too much with my weight, but I will say that when I graduated college, I weighed as much as I did when I gave birth to my oldest son Evan. (more…)

 

Update on readers goals for 2009

As promised I have been doing status checks on some of you who posted goals for 2009.  We’re only 1/4 of the way into 2009 and here is what you all have accomplished already and you still have 9 months more to go: (more…)

 

Book choice: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

If you haven’t read this book I highly recommend it.  The main character, Jacob Jankowski, tells the story as an older man looking back at his life as a part of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.  The circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, Jacob was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, (more…)