Category: life

Emotions Runneth Over

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This week has been an emotional one for me. Not in a bad way, at all, but just in a way where I’m feeling a lot and thinking about a lot and dealing with a lot. It’s strange, because there is not a lot going on in my life, but there is a lot going…

Enemy Mine

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For as long as I can remember, I have had an enemy. This is it. I hate the scale, I hate what it tells me, I hate what it makes me think about myself. I also know that I am the only one who can do anything about changing it. So, I have decided to…

Summer Cold

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No, it’s not an oxymoron – it’s the sickness that i’m currently fighting with all of the energy i can muster. it started thursday morning as a sore throat and runny nose and has steadily progressed into a full out chest cold, complete with painful couch, sore throat, scratchy voice, and extreme fatigue. i’m at…

Growing, Changing, Mourning

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As lives changeand people growthere is a mourningof time gone byWhen simple laughterand late night talkscreated all the lifewe thought we neededNow things have changedpeople have moved onlives are scatteredfriendships are differentSome closeness disappearssome friendships fadeall that is leftis our new reality I realized recently that my life is a lot different now than it…

Awake & Dreaming

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.– Thomas Edward Lawrence (of…

The Roomba Factor

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Of all the silly things Tim and I registered for during our engagement, the Roomba was definitely something we didn’t really think we would get. I’ll admit, I watched the infomercial about 100 times and I loved it. Plus, I’m a little lazy sometimes and HATE to run the vacuum, so I thought it would…

Anyway

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Confession: Once I get songs stuck in my head, they tend to stay there for a VERY long time. Case in point – I have had the song “Anyway” by Martina McBride in my head for about 2 months. Sometimes it goes away for a few days, but as soon as I hear any part…

Ponderings & Promises

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Can I just tell you how tired I am of always being tired? I’m not sure when my life got so crazy – I’m not sure when looking at my calendar made me exhausted. I think it was sometime before all the wedding planning started! After almost seven wonderful months of marriage, I thought life…