A Year Without the Scale
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When the Tape Measure Tried to Replace the Scale
At the beginning of this year, I threw away my scale.Not because I don’t care about my health, but because I was tired of letting a number decide how I felt about myself that day.This year was supposed to be different. A year of learning how to live well — eating better, moving my body,
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The Day the Donuts Didn’t Call My Name
If you had asked me even a few months ago what my favorite food was, I wouldn’t have hesitated.Donuts.Not just any donuts — the ones from the little shop in my hometown.I find myself back in that town fairly often these days. It’s layered with memory for me and almost every time I’m there, I
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When My Closet Finally Caught Up
Today, I stood in my closet and realized something had finally caught up. Three years ago, we sold our larger, custom-built home, and most of the furniture that filled it. That was the first letting go.Then we rented for two years, living lighter, learning what we actually needed.Less than a year ago, we bought our
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Learning to Love What I Once Wanted to Fix
When we first bought this house, I hated the cast iron clean-out in the yard.I hated the bare spots in the grass, the cracked sidewalks, the old wooden porch that showed every year it had lived through. None of it felt charming then. It just felt… wrong. Like evidence of something unfinished.I noticed those things
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When Movement Finds You (and My Hair Is Still Gray)
When Movement Finds You (and My Hair Is Still Gray) Last weekend, an ice and snow storm rolled in and decided to stay awhile.The roads were slick. The air was bitter. And I found myself mostly at home, again. I’ll be honest — it felt frustrating at first. I had hoped for more movement, more