Month: April 2010

  • The Joys of Motherhood

    There are moments when I wonder WHY I brought these two monsters children into this world. We all have those moments and it is usually when my two kids are alternating between instigating a fight and tattling on the other. Or something like that. Fortunately, there are many more joyful times and I feel lucky…

  • How to Prepare for a Race (or not)

    If you  read my last post and think the fact that two men in the last two years wrecked me emotionally the day before a race was lost on me, it was not. I was able to immediately make the connection last weekend and quickly alter my pre-race checklist to look like this: 1-Check weather…

  • Life is Unpredictable

    Writing a first blog post (to me, at least) must be like writing a first sentence in a novel. It is overwhelming to create that starting point, with the options being endless. I have mentally written this post while running, mapped it out on napkins, and written ideas in a writing log. Composing it now,…