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Perfect Moment Monday: Homing

February 20, 2011

Roger got home early from work one afternoon. He headed upstairs to change clothes and I followed him. (Don’t worry, this post isn’t going there.) We reclined on the bed and talked about our days, checked in with each other in a way that we don’t often get a chance to do. (Still not going [...]

Perfect Moment Monday: Sound and silence

January 16, 2011

Family weekend in the mountains — the Christmas present that my family-of-origin gave to each other. Two parents, two sisters, two brothers-in-law. One husband, two children, four nephews. Four vehicles full of groceries and supplies. Some of us skiing, some snow boarding, some tubing. Puzzles, hot chocolate, sing-alongs. Cacophony. Familiar sounds of the members of [...]

Perfect Moment Monday: Love and warriors

December 12, 2010

As I opened my hips, I watched the woman next to me do so as well. We both settled into our Warrior IIs. At the instructor’s urging, we moved our front knees toward our pinkie toes, stretched our arms from fingertip to fingertip and sank even further into our front legs. We aimed to square [...]

Perfect Moment Monday: Nia grrlz

December 5, 2010

I was a slug for most of my life. It’s only in the last 5 years that I’ve begun moving my body, practicing yoga, going to the gym, trying new activities. What kept me from doing more? Besides general laziness, I suffered from a horrible case of self-consciousness from a very young age. One of [...]

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