Stop, Drop & Roll
Shut the door. Get outside immediately. Meet in the front yard. Remember the days when we had to make a plan & stick to it? If we didn’t, someone got hurt or lost or in really big trouble. Assembly time. In my rural childhood public school, the kind where Kindergarten & 12th grade were on […]
We can do hard things.
Happy Tuesday!“Summer vacation” has never felt so strange!Yesterday was the first day of Summer Break. I’ll admit it. We were pretty lost and confused. Full credit to my kids, they rocked the pandemic homeschooling schedule we had set up in March. In one of his best ideas ever, my husband set up twice-daily Facebook Messenger […]
Sitting in discomfort
It’s Tuesday again…Things have been uncomfortable lately. There’s more change going on around us. The next local COVID surge is imminent with good weather, protests and a desire to “get back to normal.” The protests would say otherwise, that “normal” is not something that we should want to go back to. I would agree unequivocally. […]
Facing change
It’s taken me far longer to write this week’s newsletter than usual.To say “it’s been a week” is an understatement. How can you write about pelvic health while the US is rioting, black people are being killed in the streets and by the way, did we forget about Corona Virus? I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed […]
Resilience and strength
Memorial Day was always special growing up.There’s a small rural cemetery in the hills of north-central Pennsylvania where at least half of the graves are my relations in some way, tracing back to before the Civil War. Every Sunday before Memorial Day, there was a small parade and ceremony. The local high school band filed […]
This is how my preparation and planning looks…
I’m a planner. I like to be prepared & know what’s coming. Having my kids has helped with relaxing those needs. Having kids & running a small business in the midst of a pandemic has blown it out of the water. You can plan all you want but prepare for your plans to change & […]
Are you ready for everything to go back?
Hi <<First Name>>, “Are you ready for everything to go back?” a friend asked. “No,” I replied. “I’m not and neither should you.” Let me preface this by saying this isn’t a statement on public health or political post on our rights as citizens. This is about the opportunities we’ve been offered in this crisis […]
Tips from Dr. Pooper
Neither of them were paying attention. Our 8 month old Border Terrier puppy, Abby, had her nose to the ground, sniffing every inch of the parking deck. Her eyes wouldn’t even dart up to look at my son, aggravated that she wasn’t paying attention.He’d given up about 15 minutes into the obedience class. “How much longer?” […]
Does Your Back Hurt?
I’ve had to learn a lot of new things during the pandemic. No, I don’t mean how to do a sourdough bread starter, take up facemask making (my husband took care of that!), or making my own kombucha (store-bought for me all the way). I’ve had to learn how to sit more. Let me preface […]
Swallowing hard
It’s been a hard pill to swallow. I was supposed to be on the slopes of Mt. Rainier this week. My transient, homeless parents (they’ve lived in their RV for over 20 years), spend the summer in Washington state. We usually take off in late August, like the rest of DC, & find an Airbnb near where […]