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Mouse or Hawk?

This morning, before yoga class started, I had a few minutes to wait.  The room has a wall of windows and I always enjoy looking through the windows at what’s going on outdoors.  This morning I wandered to the windows … Continue reading

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What Is Self Care?

Yeah, what is it? It’s one of those phrases that gets tossed around from time to time, but what does it really mean? You know the answer won’t be simple – nothing ever is, right? Self care refers to anything … Continue reading

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Making Moves

We make decisions every day.  Choices about what to eat, what to wear, how fast to drive.  We probably don’t actually put much thought into some of them, many of them.  But each of those itty bitty selections impacts our … Continue reading

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Health

You might look at me and not think of me as the picture of health.  I don’t know exactly how much I weigh, because I don’t own a scale, but I do know that I wear anywhere between an XL … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on Rape and More

A few hours ago, my delightful, thoughtful, almost-eight-and-a-half year old son asked, “How do you rape?”  We were watching The Food Network and there was a commercial for some show on some other channel.  In the commercial someone yelled out, … Continue reading

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Spring Cleaning

Most of you have heard of the concept of spring cleaning.  As a reminder, though, it’s the idea of cleaning our homes from top to bottom, getting rid of the dust and stuff that accumulate throughout the rest of the … Continue reading

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Where I’m At

There are a lot of nouns pulling on us all at any given time.  By nouns I literally mean nouns: people, places, and things.  By any given time I mean every moment of every day.  I’m being pretty literal today.  … Continue reading

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Underwear

This morning I got dressed.  That may not sound impressive, but it is.  It’s a task that often doesn’t get checked off until afternoon.  C’mon, we homeschool!  One of the biggest benefits is being able to learn in our PJs!  … Continue reading

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Prioritize!

Balance is sometimes a really tricky thing to achieve in life.  Whether standing on one foot in a yoga class or trying to juggle the kids and their activities and interests and wants and needs, not to mention a little … Continue reading

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Wallow

Wallow. It’s a word that gets a bad wrap. But let’s look at it a little closer. Shall we? According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, wallow means, “To spend time experiencing or enjoying something without making any effort to change your … Continue reading

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