Recently, I along with several others visited a friend who is ill. It was a bittersweet trip as her prognosis looks bleak. As we gathered outside on her plantation-style wraparound porch a fine rain fell to the ground. There was a sense of hush and quiet that was only intensified by the rain. Cool spring…
Author: G (of Lowi & G)
Torture Report: War Wounds & Indecision
(G): Last week was a high, hard mileage combo and I survived!!! That’s really all I can say. All week long I felt thoroughly exhausted but I powered through and Sunday I gave myself a break and walked my 10 miles instead of running. It ended up being a nice way to wrap up the…
Simplicity as a Spiritual Practice
When you focus on a way of being it’s amazing how it shows up everywhere. All month Lowi and I have been dialed into the concepts of simple, simplified, simplicity. What I didn’t anticipate was that just because I am working on simplifying my life doesn’t mean everyone else is. Over the weekend, I had…
Life Lesson: Giving More Than Expected
Lowi and I have been cleaning, purging, getting rid of unnecessary stuff for months. You’d think we’d be done by now, frankly. And yet we have this “friendly” battle over a pair of pants and T-shirt. First world problems for sure. Then after I tell you this next little tale you might start to think…
Thankful Thursday: Let Go of the Guilt
“I have a lot to be thankful for.” I have heard this statement spoken wistfully by more than one person in the last couple of weeks. It wasn’t until I heard the second person say it more than once in a conversation that I realized I was actually hearing guilt. The juxtaposition was uncanny…
Life Lesson: Use Your Horn!
Oh heavens, when you ask for signs and you ask to be led, trust you will. I have been asking for that kind of guidance and apparently I am not very good at recognizing them because all the ones I have been sent recently are quite dramatic. First a large, white Ryder truck pulled out in…
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