Life Is Beautiful

I hope all of you have been having a wonderful New Year.  What are your plans, goals, dreams? I have had a lot of time to think about my goals.  This last week, I have been seeing a lot of this: I had a bout of cellulits in my right leg and have been on total rest for the last 8 days.  Total rest.  Like, no movement.  I mean it.  You will lose.  Do it or else.  Complete inertia.  Rest. Fortunately, I got this in the mail right as I was entering my phase of inertia. I normally scoff at things with the word Bible in the title - but hey.  If you want to say that a Bible is a comprehensive guide for living, then this book is certainly a Triathlete's *that*. Naw, mostly I've been sitting on my boot, surfing the internet and getting irritated at things that people say.  One of my resolutions this year is to stay off the screens for heaven's sake!  Many times I find myself sitting in front of the television screen with...

I remember when I started blogging in 2007 - I was pregnant with our 3rd child and was eager to find some sort of group that I could fit in to.  Back then, I was working outside the home in the office of a construction company - an 8-5 M-F type of thing.  I was struggling to define myself so that I could find others with the same label and fit in. Mother of Kids in School Pregnant Employed Outside the Home Christ Follower Runner I wanted a group of women that would fit all of these criteria that I could talk to.  Relate to.  Most of the friends and family I had at that time wore this label: Stay at Home Mom So I wrestled big-time when our daughter was born and I had to go back to work.  I was mad at God and felt like he was robbing  me of a chance to fit in.  I didn't know anyone else my age with a new baby and 2 older kids that worked a full time job.  I spent the next year or so trying desperately to label myself.  I got righ...