Olivia Eileen

A big month is wrapping itself up in my current season of life. It's been....The first month the hubs has been away in about 7 months...so it's probably only the second time I've juggled all three kids (and myself) solo. And, it's going to be the last full month we will be living in our hometown of 6.5 years.................this is kind of a big deal. Both of these realities have created a "dawn" in myself, so to speak. We have three children ages 6, 2.5, and 16 months. We home school, well, I home school.  And dad's been jumping out of planes at about 15,000 feet this month. Totally normal. Totally dangerous. The first week the hubs was gone this time was a panicky exhausting almost tear jerking blur. Just feeding and bathing everyone everyday was enough to keep me COMPLETELY occupied. I really just wanted someone to come unload my dishwasher every night. THAT would have made my day...okay probably MONTH. The kids also got sick after that first ...

On this beautiful fall Monday morning after DST I want to encourage you to pace yourself . Last year at this time I could barely WALK or pick up my babies without wincing in pain after I would go for a "run". You know, just.... A "run" to help lose some baby weight. A "run" to clear my mind. A "run" for a busy mama of 3 littles needing a moment. I was a swimmer in high school and a cyclist in college who morphed into a triathlete. And then babies happened, so I turned to running because it was an efficient way to exercise and with a jogger I could do it with my babies if needed. But after my third pregnancy I didn't & wasn't recovering properly. (It was probably because I ran my first Marathon when I was only 9 months post partum with my second...and already 5 weeks pregnant with my third. Whoops. Yeah, never again. Just reading that makes me wince .) So last year at this time I had to let running go ...and go to...