It’s not often that I sit down and feel I need to write but tonight is one of those nights. On the first of this month, I wrote that I was going to take on a different kind of challenge, forgiveness.  Forgiveness February is what I called it. I had a series of posts I thought I’d [...]

Since we have stopped moving, i.e., decided to spend the winter in Colorado, my weeks have become a little routine. Last week there were a few twists to keep things interesting. One I tried my first black run on a snowboard. Despite my I-conquered-this-beast posture in the above picture, the run didn’t go so well. [...]

My jeans are finally fitting better. I haven’t made an effort to lose weight since I trained for my RKC weekend. I’m generally pretty comfortable in my body (most of the time) but over the last year as we traveled I ate more calories than than I burned. Pretty simple.  I wasn’t fat…not by a [...]

A few weeks ago, we visited a small church. As part of the service four tables or stations with reflective activities were set up around the room.  At one of the station there were thin slices of tree trunk on which we were invited to write a word of the year. I chose the word, [...]

What does it mean to live? I mean really live? I’ve been asking myself this question this month as we have been preparing to head west for a spot 10,000 feet above sea level where we will spend the winter snowboarding and freezing our butts off in our RV.  It’s insane. For starters, it’s stretching [...]

While I love exercising outside not having the option to exercise inside has been getting to me. As the weather changes my workout windows are getting smaller. It’s getting dark earlier and the mornings are getting cold. I’ve been trying hard not to complain because I realize getting to live in an RV and see [...]

A few months ago we visited the 9/11 Memorial. Needless to say, it was sobering. As I walked along walls covered with names of those who died, I came across this lone rose. Sometimes losses are too big for words. Other times words remind how big the loss. Further around the memorial, I saw a [...]

“Live your dreams” A phrase so overused that it has about as much depth as a rubber bracelet it is seen stamped on. Many of us have lost sight of our dreams. They got stored with our childhood toys and they didn’t hear that My Little Ponies made a comeback. Or cynicism is not cool. [...]

I hope you had a good Memorial Day weekend. I had a sincere paradigm shift this weekend. Before this weekend, I’ve never really connected to the meaning of Memorial Day. Fortunately, I’ve never lost a loved one due to the horrors of war. I’m ashamed to admit but before this weekend Memorial day was more [...]

I remember being teenager and happily thinking that no one in my family had gotten cancer. I can remember going over each one of my aunts, uncles, and grandmas faces in my mind and confidently thinking “no cancer”. I may have to worry about tornados, sharks, and roller coasters getting stuck upside down but not [...]