Put your OWN mask on first (guest post).

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Please welcome Heat.  She's inspiring.  She's wise.  She's a Self-Care Superhero...and she didn't even know it.   Three times in the past 12 hours, I have read this: First put on your oxygen mask. Then help others. The first time, it was directed at me (and was well-warranted). The second time, it was in a blog post that was written a while ago but I finally just got around to ... Continue Reading

Reflections on my first 5k (Tornado guest post).

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We've chatted about whether it's OK to blog about our kids.  I asked the Child if I could blog our 5k.  She flatly informed me she was putting it on *her* as-of-yet-unnamed blog (runjolly.com or mizfitjr.com).  She agreed to an interview until her site is up.  Good crap I love this child.   Let's start from the beginning.  What did you think of training for a 5k? Was it fun Running for ... Continue Reading

Travels with Charming: equine-style.

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The post below is sponsored by KURGO.  The fact I cannot stop myself from handing the reigns over to Charming *and* my LOVE of their stuffs is all my own.   When last we spoke I was getting used to my new harness.  I cant lie--please don't tell my owner roommate--I love my harness.  I feel safe, secure and the RED makes my fur look ahhhmazing---but I digress.  Ive more ... Continue Reading

Aging without fear.

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A few weeks ago I shared the picture above on Facebook. It was sunny.  Charming was happy.  It was sunny.  I was happy.  It was sunny (did I mention that?). I felt content.  And, in a way I can't capture in words, I felt like myself. I've experienced this so rarely lately I shoved my iPhone at the Tornado and instructed her to snap a picture. When two friends responded with the same ... Continue Reading

It’s the “Be” in Brazen that Scares Me (guest post).

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  I’ve been thinking about what it means to be brazen since Carla’s original post and call to action to live brazenly alongside her. Why do so many of us – as was seen in the comments – think of brazen as bad? To live boldly and without shame? To work in a way that’s “unrestrained by convention?” To be unapologetically ourselves? I read those words and my heart says, “Yes! ... Continue Reading

I’m a CHIMP.

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If I could *choose* to be a CHIMP Id either be one of Jane Goodall's or one of the Tornado's. The former being understood & heard on an emotional level while the latter immediately clothed in bright apparel & have ears lovingly pierced with fancy hoops. I'd be a happy chimp either way. Alas, my CHIMP'ing is neither scientific nor fancy. I'm choosing to be a mail chimp. A this ... Continue Reading

If at first you don’t succeed—quit!

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PRE-SOCCER GAME MONKEY BARS TIME!   I'm here to announce the Tornado has quit soccer. (collective gasp!) And I encouraged it. (louder gasp!) The thing is I'm a big believer in quitting. A quit'advocate if you will. A woman who's BRAZEN enough to stand up and say she DOESN'T agree with the adage: A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. I also believe--and this is why I ... Continue Reading

Change is Good, right (guest post)?

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 Please welcome Jenny. She's here to chat change, life, change, blending families, change and, well, her approach to change. (did I mention she's talking change?)   It was the 35th anniversary of my arrival on this earth. I often kid people that “Beware the Ides of March” was not warning Julius Caesar of his assassination, but rather a warning of my arrival thousands of years prior ... Continue Reading

Two steps to a bathing suit body!

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As this time edges near I think of last yrs sentiment: 2 steps 2a BATHINGSUIT BEACH BODY. #1 Put on suit #2 Go 2beach #stopthemadness — carla birnberg (@carla_birnberg) March 2, 2014   Ive thought about the above since I tweeted it close to three weeks ago. Ive skimmed magazines, read twitter, checked out Instagram, hung on facebook, and eavesdropped on conversations. Swimsuit ... Continue Reading

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