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We’ll not really, but it seemed like it in the moment. I’ve debated all day about whether or not to type a blog about my daughter’s recent fright in the pool. Will I look like a mother who wasn’t paying attention to her kids? Or will I be a mom that pushed her daughter too […]

We visited my parents’ new home today ( they’re blogging about it here), to see how things were coming along. It’s due to be ready in a few weeks, and so we wanted to see some of the “behind the scene” stuff. What we discovered when we got there touched my heart more than I […]

I am pleased to report that the hydration pack was a success.  Yes, my husband would probably say it was also successful in making me look like a dork, and yes, he’s probably right.  I think though he might be a little biased due to the fact that I filled the “bladder,” yeah it does […]

A lot of my fellow moms are fit, but the level of fitness amongst most of my mom friends can’t be compared to that of the fittest triathletes I have met. When some of them have told me that they had been pregnant, I have almost fallen over. Given a choice between believing […]

In August it will be two years that we’ve lived in East Central Illinois.
We left behind the water and the trees and everything familiar to begin our beginning in the middle - four years into our marriage, with one child in tow, my husband went back to graduate school as a full-time doctoral candidate and […]

It’s been August in June here in New England, and the air conditioners are blasting. I am not complaining. I vowed all winter long not to complain about extreme heat this summer. I can not wait to hit the beach, both Sebego Lake and Maine’s spectacular coast.
But alas, I must […]