It’s hard to believe we’ve been in Colorado for almost two months.

It’s been cold. It’s been challenging. It’s been fun at least when there aren’t icicles coming out of our faucet. True story.

Over the last few months, our heater broke twice (like I feared), our water has frozen multiple times, and I’m certain our RV has shrunk. Certain.

But we’ve also been hitting the slopes 3-5 times a week.  I love it and not because I’m a good snowboarder. I’m not.

Snowboarding makes me feel like Aladdin on a magic carpet, albeit, an off balance Aladdin but magical nonetheless. The only other sport I’ve tried and love as much as snowboarding is taekwondo. Now if we would just get some powder and fairy dust. Especially fairy dust so I don’t break anything next time I try the moguls.

This weekend had an unexpected treat. I met up with a group of women who I met on an online fitness forum almost 5 years ago. These women were some of the first people to inspire and encouragement on my own health journey back in the day when I did a figure competition. One of them, Tara, was even one of my first Girl Hero interviews. It was so much fun to finally meet them in person.

We went on a hike,

made a buff snowwoman,

and went to see the sculptures at the International Snow Sculpture Championships.

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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I wish I could feel happy and vibrant every day but sometimes I feel overwhelmed.  Sometimes Garbage Girl yells so loudly that all I can do is curl up in a ball and cover my ears.  I still have days that I don’t want to get out of bed because life feels so heavy and, although I believe in God, still empty.   Days that just don’t feel “right”.  Days when you feel like the time is slipping like sand through your fingers.  This morning was one of  “those” mornings.  I found myself kneeling on the floor of my living room needing to pray but unsure of what to pray.  So I just asked for God to put the pieces together because I’m too overwhelmed to think beyond the now.  Sometimes life feels like one of those gigantic crazy jigsaw puzzles.  When I was a kid my parents had one that was a picture of all kinds of dice.  Game dice. It was a picture of hundreds of dice broken into a 1000 pieces.  I remember looking at it as a kid and feeling totally overwhelmed.  Each piece looked the same yet different. That’s how life feels today.  It’s actually sort of felt like that all week.

But I know God will keep putting my puzzle together regardless.  That gives me hope.  Hope for tomorrow and even hope for this afternoon.  Day by day He puts together new pieces.  Most days I don’t think I’m actually aware of it.  And it’s rare that I know exactly what piece is being found and pushed into place but I know that the puzzle is coming along slowly but surely.  And I know yours is too.  All of us are being put together day by day.  This makes me smile even when I’m sad

I hope you are having a great vibrant day but if it’s just one of “those” days remember God is still at work putting together the pieces for a better tomorrow.

xoxo
j

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