Tag: tired
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Lounge Lizard?

This time of year in Florida, we’re embracing rainy, muggy weather that makes you feel the need for a shower the minute you leave your front door. In Colorado, however, you can have 80-degree weather one day and snow drifts the next. When I’m feeling sticky and sweaty, the snow sounds amazing. Beck, at six…
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It Happened Again

It was one of those days where everything felt hard. I’m quite fortunate that my life is not filled with suffering from illness or loss of a job. I really have nothing to complain about. That doesn’t stop me from periodic whininess. I’d been privileged to hear challenging stories that friends shared vulnerably. The kind…
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The Plate Is More Than Full

photo courtesy of Cris Saur on Unsplash You know it’s bad when you sit for longer than five minutes and find yourself drifting to sleep. Sitting in an uncomfortable chair. With noise and chaos bubbling around you. Rather than dealing with all that’s been happening in my life in a measured, deliberate way, acknowledging I…
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When Weary Wings Won’t Fly
There’s a busyness of life that catches up with me on a regular basis. Don’t get me wrong. I love being busy. I’ve been told for years that I’m not good at relaxing. Or slowing down. I’d always figured as long as I could live full out, full on, I’d rest when I couldn’t move…