The other day I was riding the subway home with Max. We were getting off the train and he tripped walking towards the stairs. I stopped, but waiting for him to pick himself up. We’d been in the city all day walking and it was around 2:30pm, so when I saw little tears forming, I knew it was because he was just utterly exhausted. I went to take his hand… Keep Reading
This post was sponsored by Meta Appetite Control as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. May and June are always the most hectic months of the year for me. Basically, I spend more time traveling all over than in my own bed. And – traveling can be detrimental to your diet. Especially when you’re training for another upcoming half marathon in Memphis for St. Jude and traveling to… Keep Reading
One of the biggest questions parents face today is – do I vacation with our without the kids? As a single mom, lately I feel like I’ve been a contestant on Running Man – millions of people just watching me from their screens daily to see if I will make it out alive. A lot of judgment gets thrown around as people see you doing things without your kids –… Keep Reading
On May 1 (23 days before my 35th birthday) I ran my second half marathon. It’s quickly becoming tradition to road trip it to destinations around America to log miles on the road. Just as some love to see all the different ball parks in the good ole U S of A – we’ve all decided that seeing different cities from the streets is pretty fascinating. The people you see, the… Keep Reading
Tanorexic – is that even a word? That’s what we used to refer to it in college throughout our sorority house. We were all addicted to it – literally going every. single. day. We would see each other more as we passed by swapping in and out of the tanning booths than we did walking to class. We had to be tan. Really tan. (Can you really get addicted to… Keep Reading
The other day I was in my financial planner’s office talking college vs. retirement. You think doing your taxes hurt? Have this convo. We literally dug into my finances, what I am projected to make, what I am worth (literally people, there is a dollar sign over your head) and how much I can afford to put away for (1) myself so I’m not eating cat food next to the… Keep Reading
“On this super horror journey [into China] I wheedled an Unwilling Companion, hereinafter referred to as U.C., into going where he had no wish to go.” – Martha Gellhorn referring to her husband, Ernest Hemmingway as he accompanied her on disastrous worldly trips as a journalist. I have a lot of nicknames for people, and it brought a smile to my face to I learn that Martha did the same. If… Keep Reading
Aren’t you tried of people asking you what you want for Mother’s Day? Shouldn’t they get it by now? Moms are bad asses. We do way more than humanly possible and push our bodies and minds to the limits. Get sick? Who has time to get sick? I am honestly typing this from the doctor’s office waiting to get an x-ray on my foot. (What – you don’t bring your… Keep Reading
Training for a marathon is no joke. Luckily, I only have to do a half. Hey, we all have goals, right? If you’ve been following along with my climatic and dramatic novella life of running, then you know that my first half in Baltimore went way better than expected (finished in 2:15), so I immediately signed up to run the half in my favorite city in the world (next to… Keep Reading
How do they put it nicely? One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I remember as a child going yard sale-ing on Saturday’s with my father. It was our tradition to wake up, open the newspaper and circle (yes, actually a carbon paper and pen) which ones we thought would be great to browse through before jumping in the car for our weekly adventure. It was all about the bonding… Keep Reading
