Dear Ruby, Today you are 7. Watching you grow and become the beautiful human you are gives me indescribable joy. When you tell a story using your hands and facial expressions for emphasis or when youโre eating a peach, squinting your eyes against the warm sun, juice running down your armsโฆall I want to do … More Happy 7th Birthday Ruby
๐๐ช ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, Today you are 9. Last night, I was thinking about the day before you came into this world. I had resigned myself to going overdue after trying several โfoolproofโ methods for controlling my own labour (acupuncture, primrose oil, walking, walking, and more walkingโฆ.) I crawled into bed naive and annoyed that I couldnโt … More Happy 9th Birthday Emmett
๐๐ช โ๐ฆ๐๐ช, Today you are 6. When I picture you in my mind, you are elbows and knees, long lanky limbs, windblown, wild blonde hair, dirty faced with beautiful bright eyes. You captivate me with your aliveness. You are sharp, quick-witted and brave. It’s been within this last year that I’ve noticed a charming ascendency … More Happy 6th Birthday Ruby
๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ,๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐, ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐.๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง.๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ … More ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ
๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ฆ #๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐…โ ๐๏ธI received a front row seat to the human experience. If you can imagine of the most vulnerable, most life altering experiences of your life — I witness so many of these each day of my career.โ ๐ฑI’ve learned invaluable lessons. I’ve been granted opportunities to grow … More ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ #๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธโ ๐ฉบโ โฅ๏ธ
I joined a book club this year with a group of women. All of them are exceptionally intelligent, strong, deep thinkers and fearless communicators. There is an auspicious power in surrounding yourself with a solid group of individuals that challenge you on an intellectual and emotional level. I once read, โ๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ … More โ ๏ผต๏ผฎ๏ผด๏ผก๏ผญ๏ผฅ๏ผคโ
โ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ด ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.๐ฐ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐ด ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ด ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐.๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐’๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.๐ธ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.๐ธ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ … More ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
This story and all of it’s perspective completely changed my understanding of grief and the significance of my suffering and growth. โ I’ve come to realize that grief and growth are a continuous experience.โ I spent years in fervent denial of the effect the disappointments and losses of my life had on me because I … More ๐โ๐ผ โโ๐๐โ๐ผโ ๐ท
I completed another CrossFit Open last month.โ โ Initially, I really didn’t want to do these workouts because I hate the pressure I put on myself when I believe that I “should” be better than I am and I was afraid of how I would feel with my scores.โ โ “Should” creates a lot of unnecessary mental distress.โ “Should” is … More ๐๐๐ค๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ค๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐โฆโ
In the past month, Iโve been feeling lost and unclear about what I want from my life. The thing I love and define my lifestyle by – training for CrossFit, even came into question which terrified me. Feeling less excited about my workouts sent me into an intense transcendental kind of self-examination. Iโve spent the … More ๐โ๐ธ๐ ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ธโ๐?
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