Meaningful

  • Something Much Bigger Than Myself

    Have I mentioned I am really enjoying the group workout dynamic of CrossFit? Having that community of people, working toward the same goal, cheering and supporting each other through hard workouts; it’s a really nice benefit that I haven’t ever experienced in my previous solitary workouts. Seeing someone else struggling through another round of push-ups,…

  • Edited

    Sometimes I think I might shut down the blog and cease writing. Each week goes by and I realize I haven’t yet written a post, and this doesn’t sit well with me. Isn’t it an unwritten rule that bloggers have to write at least once per week and really good ones do far more than…

  • 2010 Recap

    1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Family vacation with Skyler, including, riding in a Bentley. Ran my best pace in a race. Negotiated down the price of a car, all by myself! 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Halfway.…

  • 2010 Bikers for Babies KC

    It got to me every town we rode through; every truck parked on the side of the road with kids waving at us from the tailgate. Every shirt that said “Bikers for Babies,” whether it was this years design or one from a few years back. And then there were the custom-made matching shirts “We…

  • Bikers for Babies

    Has it really been almost a year since my highlight of last year? Bikers for Babies 2009 was perhaps the best experience I can note from last year. It was about family, giving, community; when people from all different backgrounds and lifestyles come together for one day to raise money and awareness, and celebrate life…

  • Out with the old…?

    Skyler’s been obsessed with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for several months now. Even though we cancelled cable and no longer have every episode on DVR, we bought one DVD with 4 episodes and she is still happy to watch those same 4 over and over and over. She’s got them all memorized. Luckily, her birthday is…

  • My Fabulous Life

    Almost three years into this chapter and role of my life, I still question myself if I was cut out for this parenting thing. I figure I always will. I never wanted kids that bad. It wasn’t a 100%, but I knew I wouldn’t have ever missed it had it never happened to us. I…

  • Planting Flowers by the Moon

    Skyler asked the sweetest and oddly profound thing to me last night. I asked her if this weekend she wanted to help me plant some flowers outside. She said yes, and she wanted some “owange fwowers and pink fwowers!” Then, ever so seriously, she looked at me and asked “Can we plant them next to…

  • What a Difference 2 Years Makes

    It’s hard to believe two years ago today, we spent that fearful day at the hospital and found out about Skyler’s heart condition. It seems so much longer ago, especially when I watch her run around crazy every evening like a chicken on speed. There are times I pick her up and hold her during…

  • Copy that.

    It’s so weird to read someone who always just snatches the thoughts almost word for word out of my head and then types them on her own blog as if they were her thoughts. But they sound way better than they did in my head anyway. Which is often the case with my favorite blogger,…