It’s 12:30 p.m., I’m maneuvering a grocery cart at Krogers with my buddy, who refuses to sit in the cart, and my cell phone rings. The nurse from elementary school explains that my first grader has been stung by a bee. He’s OK, but wants to talk to me. As soon as he hears my [...]
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The words from last year, still resonate: August, 2001Lake Michigan A baby grows in my belly A sand dune, and lots of wind. My legs are tired – my boys are calling down to me to come up to the top The baby is pushing up against my lungs; I just want to sit I [...]
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At my annual check-up this week, my doctor pulled out that little stick, drew the blood like a vampire and certified that I am low in iron levels; a major contributor for my exhaustion. So, together, we worked out a plan of foods, herbs and supplements, she approved of, to help me feel energized and [...]
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The articles are extremely well-written, the how-to sections are direct and useful (how to avoid paying late fees for video rentals when you are late), and the personal profiles are dramatic; people are out there living lives I can only imagine. I’m hooked on Best Life, but I just finished Men’s Journal, September 2008, cover-to-cover. [...]
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It’s very hot. The temperature is soaring into the 90s. These are the kind of days that I think you can fry on egg on the sidewalk. Tonight, my 10-year-old had football practice from 6-7:30; I made sure he had two very cold water bottles to take to practice. After dropping him off at the [...]
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There’s nothing quite like the first week of back to school to light a spark under your marriage. I don’t think I have the strength to sign one more school form, cross reference yet another medical form, or enter one more sporting event on our family calendar. But I do have the energy to sit [...]
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My heart was beating like a race horse, my stomach hurt because I was slightly sick from being nervous. I was standing in the water, beside my Dad (who did stay for one sunset after all), who had “heard” that I could ski, but smiled and said, “I can’t believe it… I just can’t believe [...]
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