Hi, My Name is Jennie and I’m Lazy
I just don’t feel like doing anything hard lately. Or unpleasant. Or boring. My workouts have dwindled from enthusiastic walk/running on the treadmill to a trip upstairs a couple of times a day. My...
View ArticleA new crown, no prospects of royalty and today’s a new day
Yesterday I sat in the dentist chair with the drill humming in the background and I made a resolve NEVER to eat sugar again. I promised myself that I’ll floss everyday. I swear I’ll be more vigilant...
View ArticleGoing For Goals (without the annoying drone of the vuvuzela)
When I was 24 my life changed forever. I wanted to be a poet. Well, a poet and a mother. And one of those things had finally come to fruition: I had a baby. Now this baby left me blindsided and...
View Article2013 – A Year of Failing (Maybe Even Spectacularly)
This time of year, I look back as well as forwards. I even give myself a general, not-looking-at-the-details-too-closely kind of report card as well for the previous year. Didn’t Accidentally Set...
View ArticleBeing the “Bad Guy”
Recently my oldest son and I watched a show on Netflix called Daredevil, and it lead to many weird and deep conversations. Most conversations involved – at least to some point – the fact that we were...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Slow
On the heels of the Winter Olympics, my goal is slow. The opposite of speed skating, bobsledding, luge, and every other sport on the Pyeongchang world stage. Why? Because I’m addicted to fast. And got...
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