Category Archives: Finding Val.

{ on (re) setting the tone. }

Setting the tone at home is one of the most important but UNSPOKEN realities of being a parent. Don’t you think? Yesterday as I was driving the kids home from school, I looked at Cade in the rear mirror and simply said, “I love you so much, Buddy.” He responds, “Oh I know! I can...

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{ falling off the map }

As the sun started to set on Saturday night, we were ending our hike along a trail that followed a stream through the canyon. The late afternoon air was still, and we gradually lost the layers of coats and sweatshirts we started with as we hopped over rocks and explored an area of the Hills...

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Protected: { when you collide }

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{ needing more }

Tweaking. There was a late night conversation last night about tweaking. Reassessing. Reevaluating what is important. Talked about what really makes a person happy and what doesn’t. Tweaking my life. How I think. How I react. What I don’t respond to. Somewhere along the way, I grew into a fighter. I wasn’t going to let...

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{ brighter than the sun }

I had a request for another music post. I think my cardio playlists will make you laugh. I get stuck on old music – liking the rhythm to run or the lyrics to make me run faster – and I rarely mix it up. However, after all the email yesterday urging me to the Garmin...

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