A few days ago, a fellow basketball wife and friend of mine, Erin, posted about the importance of traditions in making holidays special. Her post really has me thinking about the traditions I enjoy and what makes the holidays special to me (including and besides Jesus’ birth) and how that has changed through the years. [...]
Truth be told, I needed some time away to deal with life. Oh, wonderful life. We have been living it fully!
I came home for Labor Day weekend only to bail on returning to DC. Well, not exactly. The Boy was ready and needing for me to be home, and my supervisor in DC was willing [...]
A lot has been happening, and yet, not a lot is really worthy of blogging. Mostly I go to work, sometimes go out to dinner or happy hour, and spend a lot of time bumming around DC doing nothing in particular. I have made a couple of trips to Philly to hang out with my [...]
I turned 30, and I had a great time. The evening before, Kevin took me to dinner at Kilkenny’s, to Target (twice…we forgot something), Walgreens, Whole Foods, and Barnes and Noble. Total romance. On the big day, I mowed the lawn and cleand off the table. Kevin threw me a bit of a party, and [...]
(slowly but surely playing catch up)
Back in May, we went to Minnesota for a week– flying up on Thursday, heading home on Tuesday. It was a lot of fun, and we were able to spend a few days with Rose and Dennis and then a few days at my Dad and Sheri’s. In between, we [...]
In part six, Erin discussed what Dr. Ortiz refers to as “life changing events: the last to know” and “setbacks.” I am going to write about these separately, because I have a lot to say.
First– setbacks.
“Setbacks in professional sports may include injuries (i.e., severe or chronic), getting cut from the team, getting [...]