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Losing a Gallon

My body is a miracle. Ever since I wrote about women and flesh–I’ve realized that I needed to pay more respect to my body. Since then, a good friend recommended I read The Gabriel Method by Jon Gabriel. On April 20th, I started putting different things into practice. It took a month, but over thatContinue reading “Losing a Gallon”

My Private Spring

Yesterday, I met up with a friend I made about 3 years ago. We spent the afternoon sharing our thoughts and playing with her cute baby. This week, my brother Matt turned 32. On Monday, Matt, Nick, and I all drove up into the mountains to look at the stars away from the city lights. Continue reading “My Private Spring”

Being a Mother and Other Traumatic Tales of Womanhood

(I wrote this on the last Mother’s Day I was single. The next year, I married Antonio on the Friday before Mother’s Day and inherited two little boys. Life is oh so unpredictable.) I’m 36. I’m in that post 35 year old world. As a woman, you know what I’m talking about. “A woman’s chancesContinue reading “Being a Mother and Other Traumatic Tales of Womanhood”

Learning to Deal With Stress

I realize I don’t process stress very well. I absorb it. I read recently that fat protects your organs from toxins. The fat holds onto the toxins. Often as you release fat, you’re also releasing toxins. I have a lot of fat with which to absorb toxins. But if I’m releasing fat–I’m also releasing toxins.Continue reading “Learning to Deal With Stress”

15 Years

It’s been 15 years since I began my LDS mission. I’ve been looking at some pictures. May is always gorgeous in Utah. Look at that snow-capped mountain! Here I am with my mom, my brother Jack, and my brother Nick. I think Nick was about 6 at the time. He was in kindergarten. I knowContinue reading “15 Years”

War Horse at The Capitol Theatre

I taught a Humanities class where I spent one lecture discussing the ins and outs of World War I. We would discuss how old war fighting traditions stood against machine guns and biological warfare. You can talk about the battles and list the numbers of the dead, show the artists and show how the existentialContinue reading “War Horse at The Capitol Theatre”

Helping

There’s a place on State Street where young homeless people can go and find lunch and hope. They provide classes, training, one on one guidance, clothes for interviews, food, and opportunities. Volunteers of America runs the place. It’s on 655 South State Street. They are working to help homeless youth–people who often blend in–to findContinue reading “Helping”

Seeing Les Miserables at Hale

Saturday night, my friend Andrea called me and asked if I wanted to be her date to Hale Centre’s production of Les Miserables that night. The show sold out ages ago. I had heard wonderful things about the show, but I never thought I’d get the chance to actually see the show because I justContinue reading “Seeing Les Miserables at Hale”

Easter

Easter is my favorite holiday. As a child of divorce, Christmas was always about figuring out where you were going. Or as we get older, about making sure you have a gift for everyone you see. It’s really fun buying gifts, but there’s always this nervousness that you’re going to forget someone you love. HalloweenContinue reading “Easter”

Midvale’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is Hilarious!

Aaron Ford as Leaf Coneybear, Erica Smith as Logainne SchwartzandGrubbeinerre, Mary Nelson as Marcy Park, Michael Howell as William Barfee, Garrett Grigg as Chip Tolentino, McKenzie Heaton as Olive Ostrovsky. (spellings may be off) Last Friday night I got to see an absolutely enchanting show at the Midvale Main Street Theatre. I auditioned forContinue reading “Midvale’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is Hilarious!”