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The message of the week  in my class was a simple one: Finish strong . Six years ago, my daughter started taking tae kwon do. A few da...

...is obviously not about timeliness. In fact, I was going to give the whole resolution thing a miss.   Poor track record and all that.   ...

I have been trying for a while to become smaller.   Rather than taking the traditional approach of eating less, I've gone with the somew...

If you couldn't already tell from the ratio of cookie baking posts to those with uplifting thoughts from my kickboxing studio , I took ...

My two favorite messages of the week from October so far: 1. "Smile at everybody." It's either catching, or incredibly annoy...

About a week ago, I was dismayed to find I was down the last drop in the last jar of my homemade blueberry jam . I was staring at two pie...

The message of the week this morning in class was part of a "habits of excellence" series. The thought being that by consciously...

The message of the week in class today was "Pay attention to the details." I was inspired. When I got home, I noticed the follo...

Cheesy Pennies Trivia Quiz #1 Q. Which of these memorable lines from a classic 1984 film was also a prominent part of today's message ...

The message of the week today was "Resistance makes you stronger." If this is true, then mothers of pre-teen girls should be wi...

The wisdom of the week today at kickboxing was "Inch by inch, it's a cinch; by the yard is really hard." Tell yourself you...

When I started winding down my frenzied work life a while ago, all I could think was, "I'm a mess." As in, I'm a big old ...