channeling your inner Navy SEAL

Some days we need to sit down and rest. Some days we need to get up and fight! “The only easy day was yesterday” is a slogan used in the SEAL teams, one that helps the guys get through their training. A powerful sentiment . . . especially if we are prone to self-pity...

mental health

When you have small children or live overseas or live overseas in a hotel for 5 weeks before you fly 28 hours around the world with the small children or are preparing for some kind of enormous life transition, sometimes (you know, hardly worth mentioning) you might...

holding onto too much

I find I am forever juggling one too many objects at any given time in my day. Cell phone, car keys, base ID, purse, beverage (always, always a beverage), some toy-of-the-hour that each kid must have before leaving the house. Something hanging from every finger....

making amends

I posted the following on FB and Twitter the other day: “Sometimes the person we most need to make amends with is ourselves.” This is a concept I’ve been wrestling with since Luke and Lane were born. Those early days of motherhood acquainted me with my own limits in a...

in this house

This post marks my last few hours in this house. Movers are finishing up. I’m walking the halls. So many significant things have happened here: Luke and Lane turned 3 and then 4 in this house. We welcomed baby Elle in this house. We have enjoyed the company of...