These past weeks of the new year I’ve felt such a deep wanting to look at what I have with perspective. To see what I have in a way that I’m not seeing.  You know the whole glass full, glass empty concept.  We have areas that my husband and I are believing to see change… Continue reading Flip the Box

I will get right to it because if you are like me I would want the answer right IN MY FACE then having to read all the facts. Many women experiencing perimenopausal weight gain increase their frequency and duration of exercise in an attempt to ‘out run’ middle-age spread, The Muffin Top. However in increasing… Continue reading Science Behind Exercising the ‘Muffin Top’ Away

During my late 20’s I loved gleaning from women who I looked up to as mentors. Why or how we had conversation regarding our bodies I do not know but this one lady in particular made this comment:  “whatever you want to look like in your mid 40’s to 50’s you need to be at… Continue reading My WHY

What can I say about the last 7-8 weeks? Hard. Sad. Hope. Love. Numbing. Faith.  We all talk about the day as kids we take over and care for a parent. However the idea we picture is not how it goes. For us it’s been unexpected and shocking. Our hearts have hurt yet we’ve seen… Continue reading Prayer. Crazy prayers. 

Then things got inexplicably worse. It was too much. Coming too fast. The perfect storm.  I don’t know you about you but I can relate to the sense of feeling “it coming”. The rage, the sadness or even the sense of not wanting to deal with anything. Just like Lysa expresses, the question of didn’t… Continue reading You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me. 

When we refuse to accept our labels from the past, we open our hearts to be chiseled by the greatest artist of all. But it’s easier said than done, right? I could not say it better so here’s the excerpt that spoke the loudest out of chapter 3 from the book Unglued by Lysa Terkeurst.… Continue reading Unglued Labels

I love this picture taken on Saturday at the Negley 5k. We went from watching Bobby and my dad run it three years ago to all of us running. You don’t have to be a runner to start!! This has been a three year journey that is still in progress. So many of us are… Continue reading Start where you are at. 

This morning while taking kids to school we were praying for our day. I heard myself thanking God that we can walk in His health and healing. Fitness and being healthy have a stigma of vanity. However it is so much more then that. The enemy has allowed the focus of being fit to be… Continue reading Health and Healing