My Return to the World of Blogging

Many moons ago, I blogged regularly.  I was working through some things in my life and found that writing them down and putting them "out there" actually helped me immensely.  At some point, I moved away from my keyboard.  Not always a bad thing, but I found myself recently wanting to have this outlet again.  I had shut down my previous blog as looking back, I was over it.  Over the issues, the challenges and point in my life that I was in then.

Life has gone on, morphed into a new being for me.  I've changed in so many ways.  I've grown up.  I've lost weight.  I grew my fingernails out for the first time in my life.  My children have begun leaving the nest.  I've become more accepting as to who I am now.  Change cannot be stopped.

Are there still struggles?  Absolutely.  I think all of us have those in one form or another.  However these have changed too.  My struggles of several years ago are long gone.  I worked through those and came out a better person on the other side.  However new struggles have replaced them.

Having this outlet to write about and work through the current struggles is a blessing.  And hopefully in a few years I can look back on this time and recognize that I am again on the other side and even a stronger person for making it through.

Lessons learned from Week One of C25K

At age 42.9 I started running. I was inspired by so many women friends who have taken up running in recent months. So I have completed week one and learned some lessons along the way:

~The right sports bra keeps the girls happy

~Not all running pants are created equal

~It's much harder to start a running program than to keep going

~Friendly competition is a great motivator

~Public accountability is an even greater motivator

~Sweaty feet are really, really stinky