My love for podcasts is not a new one, but for a long time, it was a hobby that was somewhat under the radar: I would tell my friends about the new podcast I was listening to, and they would stare blankly at me, not sure what I was talking about! Recently, though, it seems… Continue Reading
At the start of January, I thought that this would be my last full month “sans children.” I anticipated that the next four weeks would be spent enduring pregnancy aches and pains, finishing up the nursery, mentally preparing for labor, and enjoying some final moments of rest and relaxation before I entered into the world… Continue Reading
Can you believe we are already at the end of 2014? I feel like we just rang in the last new year, but here we are, about to ring in another one! It’s true what they say about time moving faster as you get older; I don’t even want to think about how quickly the… Continue Reading
I’ve so enjoyed writing and sharing my Cultivating Character series with you all over the last few weeks. It’s been an enriching experience for me, and I’m looking forward to writing more of that type of reflective/spiritual-driven post in the future. I have one more trait to explore, but today I’m pressing pause on the… Continue Reading
I was first exposed to the scientific aspects of health, nutrition, and fitness during the months before my Freshman year of High School. I had been homeschooled the previous year and my parents and I thought that enrolling in a summer class would be a good way to help me ease my way back into… Continue Reading
What do you value most in life? Is it your family? Your relationships? Your faith? We all have different answers to this question, but for most of us, the things that are most important are likely not the material possessions or financial/occupational/educational achievements that society deems worthy of our time and attention. Sadly, it is… Continue Reading
It’s no secret around here that I am an total bookworm. Reading is my favorite pastime, and I enjoy books of all kinds. But there is so much more to being a book lover than simply reading the books themselves: I also delight in reading about books, talking about books, giving and sharing book recommendations,… Continue Reading
When did feeding ourselves become so complicated? For thousands of years, people managed to adequately nourish themselves without the assistance of nutrition experts or strict dietary guidelines. They ate what tasted good and what provided fuel for the bodies; or, more likely, they simply ate what was available to them. Today, we have more food… Continue Reading
Sisters are pretty awesome – at least that’s what I hear. I don’t know from experience because, despite years of begging my parents to grant me a little sister, the best they could give me was a brother. Though I may have shed a few tears cried for days when my brother was born and… Continue Reading
As a loyal reader of numerous blogs – and now as a blogger myself – it is hard to remember a time when blogs were not a part of my life. But less than six years ago, my only understanding of a blog was that it was an online diary (which in my mind translated… Continue Reading