What I Will Say to My Daughter About Endings
“It’s not over. It’s beginning.” At least this is what I will tell her when she sighs about something ending. The kindergarten school-year, say, coming to a close. “But it’s all so over…” She will moan. Small hand in...
What Happens When You Don’t Rest
I’m back, with another post on rest. (It is my word of the year, after all.) I have been talking a lot lately about the effects of not resting, and what it means to not give your body the important rest that it needs in order to accomplish all those big, bold...
My Word in Action: To Rest or Work?
My word of the year is REST, and I’m trying hard to remember this at times. It doesn’t come naturally, and I find myself fighting my word more often than I find myself settling into it. Rest, for me, is proving hard. Take last week, for instance. I had...
What I Learned by Trying the Paleo Diet
An update: This post was originally written in 2013. Since that time, I tried Paleo a heck of a lot more and began to completely love the way it made me feel. I did some tweaking, of course (I’m convinced I didn’t eat enough carbs in my first 30-day trial,...
In Defense of Reality Television
I’m ready to say it. Or, rather, shout it from the rooftops. I love reality television. Yes. Reality. Television. That oh-so-useless entertainment form that some decry should be wiped from our earth forever. And here’s why. Over time, I’ve noticed...
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