We Are the Sum of Our Choices

It was a history-making day at the ballpark yesterday, as our own Ixonia Pony team won the end of season baseball tournament for the...

Yesterday, Ryder hit his first ever home run over the fence at his baseball game. It was amazing to watch the perfect arc of the ball as...

Isn't it funny when you have kids and your whole life seems to be consumed with the responsibility of making sure that they grow up to be...

If life had a reset button, would you push it? What would you change? Are there decisions you wish you had made differently, or not made...

It's been another fun holiday weekend with family and friends.   A much needed, wonderfully relaxing way to reset and recharge after a...

I was at a band Friday night at our city beach, and there was a group of little kids in front of the stage, ranging in age from 2 years...

I have always been a bit of a Type A personality. I'm very organized and detailed and I hate being late or missing a deadline. This in...

The other day my 14-year-old asked me if I was a "wizard" because I was somehow able to fix his shorts after they had come out of the...

Tomorrow I turn 43 years old. I've lived on this earth for more than 22 million minutes. It literally blows my mind when I think about...

As I sit down to write my blog, I'm struggling to find the right words to capture my thoughts today. There's such a feeling of peace,...

This is one of my absolute favorite pictures - taken five years ago. It was a rare Saturday morning at home where the boys and I had...

It's May, and you know what that means. Every possible end of year school activity is happening, spring and summer sports are colliding,...

It's a beautiful day and I'm getting a later start than usual to my blog. Had a laundry list of things to catch up on at home, but chose...

I got up yesterday and intentionally went on an 8K run. I never in a million years would have imagined myself as a runner. But here I...

Have you ever heard the saying, "Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades?" In the urban dictionary, variations of this saying...

I know that most of my blog posts have been positive and hopefully inspiring to at least a few of you. I am often asked how I can be so...

My coffee maker, heat in the apartment, running water, my pinky toe... What do all of these have in common? They are all things that I...

The other day, I thought our gerbil met an untimely end. My boys had come home from school and the gerbil cage was open, bedding...

As I sit down to write my blog today, and reflect on my life, I am overcome with emotions. Joy, sadness, regret, exhaustion, wonder, but...

Did you know that the average human being breathes in and out between 17,000 and 30,000 times a day? And we do it without even thinking...