“Domestic Goddess” will never be my title. Becoming Suzy Homemaker is a dream. (More often, my experience is a nightmare.) Every time I cook, I pray that nobody dies from the food I’ve just prepared. So a list of to-do’s (The List) that involves cleaning, shopping, and cooking snatches me away from my happy place. It’s a list of things I don’t consider fun. Sometimes, I put pretty blue bullets next to each group of words on The List to make it a bit more energizing. (Yeah, like that really works.) Sometimes, I scrawl The List on the Continue Reading
Am I in the Right Lane?
Matt Emmons. Twenty-three years old. Olympic competitor in 2004. He had already won a gold medal in the 50-meter rifle prone event — even after someone had tampered with his gun and he had to borrow one from a teammate. The guy was steady. Skilled. Focused. Two days later, he was positioned to win another gold in the 50-meter three-position event. Kneeling. Prone. Standing. By the time he lined up for his final shot, he was so far ahead that all he had to do was land it near the center. He fired. Perfect shot. Only… it wasn’t his Continue Reading