Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Strictly Physical
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It seemed like a good idea at the time, getting off the main road and taking the path along the creek for a bit on my morning walk. The problem is that path is little more than a deer trail in many places, making it necessary to duck and zigzag around mountain cedar branches. Well,…
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http://oascentral.blogher.org/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/blogher.org/Pfizer_Nov11_ReviewBadges_014/@x13 With the birth of my first child, my ego, dreams, and most other aspects of Me as I knew Me sloughed off like a snake skin, forgotten. I was a Mother now! That tiny little being depended on me and by golly, that's all that mattered. Within a few years, I had two more…
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Not wanting to be seen by anyone I knew, I ducked into a store quite a distance from our house, heading straight for the product I sought. I had been eyeing it for years, but until this moment, couldn't rouse the courage to actually buy it. Tucking the box under my arm so the name…
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"Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live." ~JIm RohnAmerican motivational speaker, 20th century I didn't feel like running yesterday morning. Too many things to do before work and not enough sleep the night before. Skipping one day won't matter… I ignored that voice. It's true my world doesn't…
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Face in the mirror You are the face I recognize, the face I know, the face I greet each morning, Yes, the face I love, despite the lines and scars and spots. You and I have traveled together, collected mementoes of Life. Your eye-crinkles and mouth-creases… reminders of laughter and reasons to smile. Deep lines…
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A few years ago, aware of menopause creeping ever closer, eager to rob me of bone mass and play all its other little tricks on me, I moved nutrition and exercise higher on my priority list. The Real Age test revealed what I was missing nutrition-wise. I signed up for every health/hair/exercise/nutrition- related e-newsletter I could find,…
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Frenzy is my word of the week, (where's my copy of Pearl Jam's song Just Breathe?) so please forgive me if this post seems a little harried and unorganized. If it jumps around a bit, it's just a reflection of my life right now, hopscotching from one project to the next in haphazard order. Tom…
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Despite sweating at least an hour almost every day, running, jumping rope, lifting free weights, stretching … despite trying to strengthen my heart, lungs, bones and maintain my flexibility in my fight against the villainous side effects of menopause … I found out I'm losing anyway, because the rest of the day I sit…
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Every intersection in the road of life is an opportunity to make a decision. ~ Duke Ellington "So you decided to leave in the morning?" Tom asked when he arrived home from work yesterday evening and I was still sitting at the computer. "I don't know! I'm still trying to decide!" He rolled his eyes. I…
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