It’s my heart that’s on the run. Unfortunately, my heart is an overachiever when it comes to being fast, and that’s creating a problem. I don’t know when my trek down tachycardia trail really started, but data-wise the first time I noted a high heart rate in my workout log was February 16, 2013, when […]
8 New Words In an Evolving Language
(This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive compensation.) I love language. I can’t remember a time when I was not an avid reader, and I’ve always enjoyed wordplay. I can be a stickler about many things English-language related (hello, beloved Oxford comma), but […]
Nigerian Famine: A Call to Action
While I was out of town last week, my daughter was having a medical issue that was causing her to be in a great deal of pain. I felt so powerless to comfort her or do anything specific to provide her some relief, because really all I had was a smartphone, the ability to text back […]
Let The Magic Begin!
“I’ve never taken you for much of a Disney person.” This is what my husband said to me tonight as I was explaining how sad I was that today’s visit to the Magic Kingdom was probably the last one I will be able to take before my annual pass expires on November 29. It’s not […]
Taking a Stand for Our Future
My level of worry about retirement financing is high. I left a job of 20 years voluntarily in 2014, ready to “find my bliss.” Within three weeks my father-in-law moved in with us due to his health issues and bliss-finding was put aside. As we adjusted to a new normal of being a one-income family, […]
Clean Air: There Are No Do Overs For Little Lungs
This post is made possible by support from Clean Air Moms Action. All opinions are, of course, my own. Before I wrote this post, I printed out a few pages of material from Clean Air Moms Action to refer to while writing the post. I laid them on my bed so they wouldn’t get lost […]