Torture Report: Chasing Down the Mo’ & Snow

(G): Momentum is a powerful beast. I didn’t realize how much so until I found myself on its bad side. For so long I’ve been lucky. I’ve never really stopped running in any significant way for nearly a decade. Even when I badly sprained my ankle 88 days later I ran a marathon. But late…

Love is a Choice

Last week, G talked about intentional kindness and it made me think about the fact that when we are in a relationship with someone we have to intentionally choose to love that person. Her hubby was choosing to love her by showing kindness for her well-being. There is a song by John Mayer (feat. Katy…

Life Lesson: Just Add Seasoning

After a string of up-all-night, and up-most-of-the-night experiences I tapped out of the ring. I confessed to my mom I was a third-stringer in this game of caregiving. “I am not seasoned like you,” I told her. She quickly replied with, “Raising three girls will season you!” Think that was a shot at how tough we…

Torture Report: Tuned In And Leaving It All Behind

(G) Just like a radio, we all have a frequency that when tuned into we work best. I am at my optimum when dialed into the outdoors, moving, running, walking station. For the past month the reception has been a little fuzzy but in the last week it’s gotten a little stronger every day until…

Intentional Kindness

My husband is sometimes in a tough spot. I can’t even believe I committed that sentence to print or the internet. I may never hear the end of it. But I am feeling charitable, it is the month of love after all. As I was saying, it can be a dicey gig being married to a…

Torture Report: Crock Pots and Platters

  The world of Lowi & G in the blogosphere has been on a bit of creative hiatus for several days as we are sure you’ve deciphered from our posts. Much has been going on. In early December, when our Dad had his hip replaced we got exercise in unconventional ways such as hauling wood…