Day after day, I see pretty quotes come through Facebook and Twitter and everywhere else saying things like, “The hardest part isn’t finishing, it’s starting” and other such motivational blather. I say blather because, while it IS hard to start AND to finish, I feel like I’m stuck. It was pretty easy to start running. […]

It’s been a tough week for lots of people, well, for the whole country really. Between the Boston Marathon bombing, news of Ricin letters, explosions that killed many in West, TX, manhunts, and (what will seem like a “small” deal to most) the final rolling of Toomer’s Corner in Auburn, hearts are heavy. I’m reminded […]

There are moments that, even though they have no real significance, mark the beginning or end of something. Maybe it’s something happy or maybe it’s something painful. The start of spring for me isn’t dictated by the calendar or the temperature. It’s not even dictated by the blooming cherry trees or greening grass. Whether it’s […]

All the chatter about Carnival Cruise Line’s doomed cruises lately has reminded me of my family’s cruise history. I give you the story of doomed cruises, Herbert style… When I was young and my parents were still in the jewelry business, we bought from a company that gave cruises if you bought a certain amount […]

The other day, I stopped at the mailbox to grab the mail. That’s a task I dread most days. It’s never anything fun. Bills, sale flyers, notices that are for people who may or may not have lived here previously (there are like 12 different names on mail that comes here — strange). There was […]

It’s Saturday morning and I’m trying to get this scheduled so I can hang with my girls this afternoon. I decided on a free writing SOCSunday today because that’s how I’ve been feeling this week. You can tag along with my anxiety/excitement or write whatever is in your brain. Your five minutes starts now! stream […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about words and colors and singular things that define me. It all started when we decided to jump on the “one word” for 2013 bandwagon. You can see our words here. But then I was wondering what my color would be… turns out it’s easier than I thought. So that […]

Tomorrow will be exactly SEVEN months since I woke up and decided to try my hand at Couch to 5k. I had spent months fighting pain and swelling in my joints, especially my knees and ankles. At one point it was so bad, my rheumatologist gave me some super duper diuretics and I lost 9 […]

They flood back in droves. Sounds, smells, conversations. My heart flutters, bordering on panic. I feel the buzzing in my head get louder. The memories have been suppressed for months now. Until yesterday. Until someone walked into a school in Connecticut and crushed the hopes and dreams of a couple dozen families. Hundreds of lives […]

A few months back, I mentioned that I really wanted a finger monkey for my birthday. A what? A finger monkey. You know, one of these: ISN’T IT THE MOST ADORABLE AND RIDICULOUS THING EVER? Well, they can’t get me one because they’re probably illegal and hell, I don’t know if they even exist or […]