Girl Hero Khara has an infectious positive attitude.   By day, she teaches early childhood special education (birth-5 year olds) and loves helping families build their capacity to help their little ones be successful.  She says, “It’s a super stressful and emotional job; I’ve become pretty attached to some kiddos and it’s helped me be [...]

Today on the way to school my oldest, Thing 1, saw this trash truck which had a sign on the back that read “Safety is my Goal”. Thing 1, being the analytical 10 year old he is, says, “That’s a dumb sign.” “Why do you say that?” I asked. “It should say safety is my [...]

Girl Hero Shelley  has been on a journey to fit since May 2008.  Since then, she has lost over 110 pounds, ran races, and has experienced things she never thought she would experience!  She enjoys running, reading, writing, Sudoku, crossword puzzles, and shopping!  On her blog, My Journey To Fit, Shelley shares the ups and [...]

Over the weekend I saw Tron. A few times in the movie Flynn says that he was so busy chasing perfection that he failed to see it in front of him. Or something like that. In fact, Flynn missed 20 years of his son’s life because he was busy chasing perfection. 20 years. Gone. We [...]

This morning I did something spectacular. I threw away some unreasonable expectations I had of myself.  Some mental clutter.  Some .0002 oz weights. For years, I have had perfectly straight rows of turquoise post it notes taped to the wall behind my computer monitor.  On them I wrote “steps” that I thought would take me [...]

I already knew the kettlebell was one of the best fitness tools out there.  I knew it had made working out fun again. I knew it was responsible for making my core the strongest it has ever been. I didn’t know it would become a tool God would use to further shape and challenge me. [...]

I’d like to think for every creepy internet story there are a million happy ones.  Deb, from Smoothie Girl Eats Too,  is one of my internet “gifts”.  We met in person a few months ago and after our 20 minute turned 2 hour workout followed by a 3 hour talk on the beach, I knew [...]

I was planning on finishing up Part 4 of my Climbing the Ladder Series:  (Tools to Keep Your Weekend Interesting) but while I love lists (that was one of my first and all time favorite posts btw) I’m just not “feeling” my scheduled post today.  Instead, I want to talk about the 10KChallenge I just completed [...]

The other day I had to go to the DMV.  Although the visit left me frustrated, I was actually reminded of a few important lessons of health. 1.  It was a cold Monday morning when I drove up to the DMV and saw a line that wrapped around the building.  I was a blink away [...]