Spirit and Body in Motion

This morning I lost 3 month's worth of work! Over 20 ideas for weekly blog posts gone! As I frantically tried to erase my mistake I heard the buzzing of Faith's alarm clock, moderate at first, but quickly building to an annoyingly frantic cadence. The alarm clock matched my frazzled spirit, as I searched the web in desperation trying to figure out how to recover my mistake. Unable to hear myself think I bolted into Faith's room and hit the snooze button....then without warning or intent, turned off the alarm. As you begin your fitness journey or take it to the next level, you will encounter disappointments. The question is not "if" but "when".  When that happens, allow  God's peace to cover you.  Philippians 4:7 encourages us to allow the peace of God which transcends all understanding to cover our hearts and minds.   As I stood looking at my daughter's Hello Kitty alarm clock, the tug of her hand on mine broke my trance. I hugged and kissed Fait...

Faith, my daughter is 4 years old. At her school's Christmas program the kids sang Seasons of Life - the theme song from the musical "Rent". The song eloquently asks, how will you spend the 525,600 minutes contained in a year? Actually, the older kids sang and the little ones danced. Twirling in all her glory is what Faith does best! Although she's a pro at throwing a good temper tantrum too! 2013 was survival mode for me. Faith was 3 years old and tantrums were plentiful. The "trying" 3s left me exhausted, overweight, and glancing whimsically at how the terrible 2s, were not so terrible after-all. Despite mommy meltdowns, yes I admit, I had more than a few, Faith loved me...for 525,600 minutes in 2013! What was 2013 like for you? Did you do good just to survive like me, or did you thrive? Maybe it was a combination of the two. The question is, in 2014, how will you use YOUR 525,600 minutes? How many of them will you devote to improving your health.....