Slivers and Silver Linings

The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday, (and so will people). That's guaranteed. I can't begin to explain that or the craziness inside myself or anyone else. But guess what? Sundays my favorite day again ( we've excepted what is, worked on it and made the best of it).  Every. Single. Person. has reasons for why they are the way they are. We are shaped by our choices. We lay in the bed we make, and sometimes we don't always have control over things that happen in our lives. BUT the one thing I do believe in is the ability to choose how we react to things that happen to us.  We decide if we will lay there in a pile of despair and pain, panic and anxiety, depression and all those other juicy emotions and reactions that occur when bad things occur in life ( which eventually they will occur). Or we can decide to feel those emotions and deal. Digest, and rest, and then decide to get back up, pick up the mess, and move forward. I ...

4 weeks 5 weeks 6 weeks 7 weeks 8 weeks 8 weeks 3 days, the little bean didn't even look like a baby! Our first doctors appointment we got to see him. 12 weeks 13 weeks, and starting to get my energy back, plugging away at the gym 13 weeks 14 week   15 weeks 16 weeks found out we were expecting a little boy at 16 weeks 3 days!  Lincoln looks so thrilled haha 18 weeks 19 weeks and 3 days Anatomy scan, he looks like a baby! 19 weeks 21 weeks 21 weeks 22 weeks, I thought I was showing a lot here  literally over the course of a few days my belly popped out, this is 23 weeks. Mark said to me one morning, I swear your bellys grown in the last couple days!  24 weeks 25 weeks 26 weeks, and headed off to the gym with Jana! 27 weeks, and feeling pretty energetic still that belly is getting pretty large!  1. I started out this pregnancy between 115 lbs, a...

Here is my personal philosophy of health. I had to do this as an assignment for my Health class, and I've decided it would be a good thing for me to share with others. My Philosophy My body is one of my most precious assets, and I want to keep it healthy and strong. To do this I’ve learned to respect, and take care of my body the best I can. If my body or mind aren’t working correctly, my life becomes increasingly difficult to enjoy.   Going into college, I thought I would do something with Outdoor Recreation because of my love for adventure and physical activity.  As I started thinking about my future career goals, I realized I wanted to do more than just have fun with people, I wanted to teach them about the importance of healthy bodies, and minds. After looking into my options, I realized a major in community and public health education would allow me to do just that. Being active has been a part of my life since I was young. During high school I joined the tra...