One of my favorite (and hardest) lessons I’ve learned (over and over again) the past decade is that we can’t be full speed ahead all the time, that life is made for seasons and some of those seasons are seasons of slowing down. While some people feel this pull toward slowing down in the winter, here in Phoenix I’ve always felt a pull toward a bit of a reverse hibernation- when the highs of 115 call me toward a rhythm of siestas and slowing down to enjoy that ice cream cone before it melts. I am working so hard to pass that knowledge on to friends, to my kids, to whoever will listen really. Continue reading
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Still a Storyteller: Thoughts on Returning to the Stage after a Long Break…
I opened a show this past Friday! If you are in the Phoenix area, it runs one more weekend and you can get tickets to see it HERE. It has been almost 2 years since the last time I was onstage. And while I directed a non-Shakespeare show in 2019, I think the last time I ACTED in a non-Shakespeare play was before I became a mom (when I was pregnant with my first)! So QUITE a long time. It has been so exciting to be part of the process of bringing a new play to life and to work with so many wonderful people again, but it has also been a bit of a roller coaster! Continue reading
What I’ve Learned from One Year of Trail Races
I just hit my 1 year race-iversary with Aravaipa- the big trail racing name here in Arizona (and honestly fairly notable on a national level.) It was really fun to think about what I’ve experienced in the past year and what I might want to experience before this race rolls around again next year. Continue reading
My Favorite Books I Read in 2023
I love always learning more. The knowledge I gain from both fiction and nonfiction selections is a core piece of me. And while one of my goals last year was to read LESS that was in service of absorbing more and also of using reading for the pleasure and tool I want it to be instead of the escapism it had become my last pregnancy and the subsequent pandemic… still, I managed to read almost 75 books last year and These are my top 10 (and a few honorable mentions) in no particular order Continue reading
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful of Breastfeeding…
I have to be honest with you, I started writing this post a LONG time ago. I almost posted several times but each time I got a bit self conscious and sent it back to the drafts section. But since this first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week, AND last month I hit my pie in the sky, didn’t think I could do it in my wildest dreams goal of six months breastfeeding, I thought it was finally the right time to publish these thoughts on my nursing journey. Continue reading
Alphabet Resolutions 