Four hours of working out everyday is not a sustainable lifestyle, unless you are a collegiate or professional athlete. I’m no longer either of those things. Some days I look back at my crazy busy, in-shape collegiate days as a curse. How will I ever get in that sort of shape again? Those expectations are …
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7:3 In case you were needing a Lego visual… I do not know what a plank in the eye would feel like, but it sounds painful and blinding. I was going …
Matt and I are always in awe of how wrapped up fans can get in sports. We just cannot grasp the rioting and fights that break out. I understand emotional investment in sport because I have been having annual heart attacks watching the San Antonio Spurs since 1999. I’m sure I watched some Spurs games …
I recently watched a documentary called “Food Matters”. The film argues for more vitamins, less drugs, better food. The “pill for every ill” mantra is one I’m guilty of ignorantly adopting. Not that a pop a ton of pills, I just trust that whatever the doctor gives me will be good stuff. One doctor in …
My neighbor is doing something called #100happydays, where she posts things/sights/people that make her happy. In turn, it makes me happy, so I like her idea. There are so many people who are happy despite their poverty, their war-torn surroundings, their seemingly miserable conditions. Here in the land of the free and home of the …
I went to a wedding last weekend. It was lovely in every way, which is representative of the sweet bride, my cousin Kristen. Her groom seems like a stellar person too. At the wedding reception I was placed at a table with my brother and sis-in-law, my mama’s cousin and spouse, and a friendly couple …
Good morning! Inspiration is the word of the day. Don’t expect a word of the day everyday. I don’t want to submit to that precedent. But today, there’s a word. My swimming days were either exploding with inspiration or miserable repetitions. But what I recall the most now are those days of abounding inspiration. I …
Do you ever wonder if you’re doing enough? Enough for whom you ask? Enough for God who is said to have created you for a purpose. It’s been a question I’ve asked myself my entire life. Sometimes it’s driven me to do too much. Matt and I listened to a sermon this morning by …
Groupon reminded me a couple days ago that my Club Pilates voucher was on the brink of expiration. I hopped to it and registered myself for a level one Pilates class. I ditched my routine 9 a.m. boxing, telling my boxing buddy that I was going to a magical, mystical Pilates Reformer class instead. I …
Yesterday on my somewhat lengthy (30 minute) commute from the swim school to our house, I gave our emotional highs and lows some thought. After teaching between 40 and 45 kiddos over 4.5 hours at the swim school, sometimes I leave feeling completely drained and defeated. Like those children ranging in age from 3 to …