This August will go down in the history of Augusts as a doozy. But as August bows out and September takes the stage, the thing that I am most overwhelmed by isn’t the chaos and confusion.It’s the grace.

I’m sitting inside a warm, dry house. We never lost power, but thanks to Hurricane Irma, yesterday was the windiest day I have ever experienced. As far as I can tell, the worst thing that has happened to us is that we lost one tree in the backyard . . . and the stray cat that… [ read more ]

I don’t know about you, but there are parts of my body I take for granted.  I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how much I appreciate my spleen or my eyelashes. I mean, they’re doing a good job, but it’s not like I would miss them the way I would my fingers… [ read more ]

Yep. That’s me. Deadlifting 190 pounds. I joined Five Forks CrossFit in November. I know. I’m surprised, too. My husband’s been doing CrossFit for years, but when a new box (that’s what a CrossFit facility is called) opened a few miles away, he finally convinced me to give it a try. I love it. Well, except for the… [ read more ]

There is not enough of me today.   Today begins in the deep dark When muscles lay heavy and frozen in the middle of a dream Driven away by the call of “Mommy” and unrecoverable, Even after the little one sleeps again in dry pajamas. The day looms long as I lay back on my… [ read more ]