The story of my life begins like this: stop waiting. Everyday I wake and discover the soft curve of your ear and your heavy breathing beside me. I move through the day, everyday, pondering what feels off what I do not have what more could be done. “Should” rules me. Everyday, I stare at this city from my small…
Recently, I bought the book Life is a Verb by Patti Digh. In it are words of imagination, wisdom and wonderful exercises. A quote she wrote really affected me, and it has been at the forefront of my mind lately – with every decision, every response, every action or reaction. She wrote, “If I recall…
I want to be in Paris today. This is a phrase I utter often, amidst the daily chores of life. Wake up, pour a cup of coffee, eat the oatmeal, feed the dog, hit the road to train a client before most people are even awake. On the walk to the park or the training…
Once upon a time, I stood in a boxing ring. I wore leather gloves flecked with red. I threw jabs and overhand lefts and body shots into the soft bellies of men. I got brain surgery; I stopped boxing; I lost heaps of hair on the left side of my head. As a freshman in college,…
This morning, as I dove into a stack of buckwheat carob pancakes, drizzled lightly in agave nectar with a steaming cup of coffee, I thought about my girlfriends. I have always been someone who fosters close, intimate relationships and would take that any day over hundreds of acquaintances. I am lucky enough to have several…
Have you ever stopped to think about the wide scope of our emotions? How you can be absolutely certain of how you feel and that you will always feel this way, and then just as easily, whether the circumstances change, the partner changes, the place changes, or simply through time, you feel completely different about…
fulfill – bring to completion or reality; achieve or realize (something desired, promised or predicted) Sitting in Caffe Streets today, I marvel at the expensive coffee (it’s how much for two large coffees?) and sleek, minimal interior. Alex and I have decided to work in a different part of town today, in hopes of revving…
On a cool night in March, I listen to the sounds outside. I have turned off the television, and the house is quiet, except for the hum of speeding vehicles on the cool pavement five stories below. I have eaten my favorite bowl of soup, West African Peanut, topped heavily with chives. I have watched…
Life: The condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. If only what we experienced day in and day out was that basic. However, life is a cornucopia of thoughts, feelings, emotions, accomplishments, love, loss, sadness, anger, depression, euphoria, and pretty…
Men are the masters of the midlife crisis. Shiny cars, bimboesque (I realize this is not a real word) arm candy, affairs, dye jobs or hair transplants, extravagant vacations, unnatural tans, bad tattooes… the list goes on. Many a wife has stood back in silence and watched as their husband disappears into what one can…
