Thankful Thursday: Appreciation Day!

My least favorite holiday has come and gone. I have long been an abstainer when it comes to Valentine’s Day. I have many a reason and only a few of them are what you might think. But I am going to spare you all of them and instead share with you something that, to me,…

Torture Report: Mom First, Waiting for Misery to Pass

10 weeks and counting … (G) There is an understanding in ultrarunning that I picked up a while ago. I am not sure who said it so apologies for not giving credit although in essence it’s a Bible verse. I am just guessing that it wasn’t originally intended to speak to long distances. This concept,…

Surrounding Yourself with Love

One of the greatest parts of focusing on self-love this month is the idea of surrounding yourself with love: People who love you People you love Environments that feel loving Participating in activities that you love Telling those important people that you love them and how you feel. It’s funny, in February, we are often…

Thankful Thursday: Another Chance to Start Fresh

Year of the Tiger, Goat, Ox and the list goes on. It might sound a little silly but then we run around telling each other we’re Libras, Capricorns and Taureans (is that the plural of Taurus? So confusing) so really… who are we to judge? Earlier in the year Lowi suggested that the new year…

Life Lesson: What Feels Like Criticism

It’s been an unusual week with lots of lessons on dealing with criticism or sometimes what feels like a judgment when it may be something else altogether. As I am sure you aren’t, I am not a fan of critique, feedback, constructive criticism… whatever word or phrase you give it, I call it: awful. It…

Life Lesson: Don’t Miss Out on the Fun!

Hey friends! We are looking forward to February 17th and we hope you have your calendars marked too! Otherwise, Lowi & I will be on a fancy phone call talking to each other. Now, don’t get us wrong, we could rock that. But we’d much rather have you join in on the fun as well….