Discovering Hope in Despair
I almost gave up this week. I seriously contemplated it for about 36 hrs. The doctor gave me a new medication this past week to help get me thru a slump with my current happy pills (aka Zoloft), and to help control migraines I have been having daily, as well as possibly give me an …
I apologize in advance. But my mind is a tangled mess. Thoughts are flying around a thousand miles a minute. Crashing in to eachother. Trajectories unknown. My fingers are full of dread. The words want to flow faster than they can be given passage. I have no idea what is about to overflow the walls, …
Continue reading Little Steps: Day 52 – The Trail Ends Here?
Day 23: 3.14 miles / Total miles: 21.28mi / Days left: 156 / Time:2:01:15 / Pace: 38'35 Yesterday was my first hike since last Thursday (Day 18). I ended last week on such a euphoric high. And then this weekend happened. And I desperately needed to go for a hike. I couldn't go Monday. I …
Continue reading Little Steps: Day 23 – Pause. Reflect. Move Forward.
Day 15: 0.0 miles / Total miles: 10.71mi / Days left: 164 / Time: NA Spring break is over. The kids are no longer sick. It was time for them to go back to school for the first time in 2 weeks. About damn time. I love my goofs. But they needed to go back …
I began my living list on April 30th, 2018 and I left it as a draft. I started it shortly after having emergency gallbladder removal surgery. You know...the surgery where I almost died. And I have periodically added to this list since. I consciously chose not to post it because I knew there would be …
Continue reading The Loving Myself Journey: Gate #9 – My Living List
I do not know how to start this post. So let me just get straight to the point. I have always known what has been holding me back from experiencing life. But I have always been in denial. Or maybe ignorant? I have always known what lays at the center of my pain. What is …
Continue reading The Loving Myself Journey: Gate #8 – A Little Step to the Summit
I am a daughter, wife, and a mother. I am a scout leader. I am a full time employee. I am a graduate with her MBA. I have a lot of surface layer labels. But who am I? Underneath the surface? Am I a lover of music? Reader of pages? Writer of words? Am I …
Continue reading The Loving Myself Journey: Gate #7 – Who Am I?
It has taken me 2 weeks to finish this post. And I edited the first attempt so many times that a goldfish wouldn't even be able to follow along. So I decided I needed to start fresh. And maybe this time, examine why this topic is so important to me, yet so hard to write …
Continue reading The Loving Myself Journey: Gate #6 – Define Let It Go. Attempt #2
