Just Saying….

In Review

“Everything has changed and yet, I am more me than I’ve ever been.” ~ Iain Thomas Whew. 2017. I think it tried to kill me. I started taking classes at The Big Red Barn Retreat with Ginger and Begin Within Yoga and Wellness last January. My goal, at the time, was just to get […]

Getting Gooey

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” ~William James That’s deep. And simple. As a mom of adult kids, I sometimes struggle with the holidays. I am not saying I miss the old times. I am saying trying to wrangle work and family, gifts and functions, and all […]

Hey, Mom

Ain’t no hood like motherhood. ~ Unknown Part of my journey through yoga is this phase of my life. My children are grown, mostly, but in a place where my guidance is mandatory. I think that is a permanent condition of motherhood, regardless of the children’s ages, but still, sigh. . . We moms […]

Take Me to Church

I have always been the type that if I went to church, I usually left feeling like the message, regardless of what it was, was meant just for me. It really does not matter what the message is, I always take something good away from it. It is like a gift, right there for the […]

Like a Cherry Popsicle

Relax your thumbs. Relax your jaw. Relax your tongue. ~ Ginger She follows that command with, “Imagine your tongue melts away like a cherry Popsicle.” I play it on a loop in my head. The first time I heard her say it, I thought to myself, “What the Hell?” It took me to this […]