Four years ago, I was diagnosed with adrenal fatigue. I could not walk to the mail box. I could not make dinner. I was very careful about what I ate, but was literally lying in bed ALL DAY LONG. Of course, I gained weight. The cortisol I took for the adrenal fatigue didn't help. Having [...]
Getting multiple children, self, and husband out the door each morning often glides along like a bowling ball across still waters--a graceful launch, splash, then sink. I have worked hard on trying to smooth this process but morning nirvana has yet to arrive. However, I have nailed down one piece of the puzzle and I [...]
My eight year old pushes away her pancakes. "Can I have sour cream...please?" She looks up at me with her big green eyes framed in a tiny face. I'm not sure how this child stays alive. She will eat a bowl of straight sour cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But recently, she asked for [...]
Does it bother anyone else that when you try to think of something clever to say, nothing bright and ingenious pops out of your mouth? This reminds me of when someone asks, "What's for dinner?" It's as if all my brain cells decide to play a practical joke on me and let go of one [...]
"No puddles!" shouts my cross fit instructor. She 's referring to wiping our sweat off the floor before moving to the next station. But I stop mid-jumping jack, worried about a different type of leakage. A Depends ad I saw in a magazine pops into my head, "for the 51 million women who need a different [...]
Imagine you are small child who is trapped for hours on end in a seat belt. Now imagine you have ADHD and need to wiggle. You don't own a watch and have no concept of time or distance. You have no idea when the torture is going to end. Now imagine being the mother of that [...]
Before openly admitting how long it took me to figure out meal planning, may I remind everyone that I passed college biochemistry with a B+. I've hiked many a mountain. I'm a smart person! I'm not lazy. So yes, a decade. It took me 10 years to figure out the meal planning system I will [...]
A fateful camping trip taught me to overcome the toxic habit of comparison.
Part 1: whole wheat bread and happiness Sitting in our tree house with my bare feet dangling in a mellow Arizona breeze, the aroma of whole wheat bread reached my six-year-old nose and I scampered down with hopes of Mom sparing me the end of a loaf, spread with butter and drizzled with honey. My [...]
Early in my teenage years I got sucked into the media's message of appearance = self worth. I became extremely paranoid about food and weight gain. If I had more discipline, I might have developed an eating disorder. Luckily I had these people for parents who always loved me unconditionally: Because of their kindness to [...]
