Responsibility

by Nilsa on May 22, 2013

05 18 2013 SoMiWe celebrated SoMi’s 7th birthday earlier this year. It’s the first year I’ve really noticed that she’s beginning to slow down. Not in any dramatic way. But, she doesn’t like running with me anymore. She’s becoming more pokey on our walks (which already required a lot of patience – that girl likes to smell everything!). More light hairs are popping up around her eyes – I’m not sure whether to define them as gray hairs or wrinkles. [click to continue…]

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Senses

May 21, 2013

Chicago doesn’t celebrate spring much. We often have miserably dreary weather (think: 40s and rain), dotted with a few picture perfect days (think 70s and sun), before moving right into the swelter of summer (think 80s, high humidity, sun). That’s why many of us moved our plans outside over the weekend, which happened to be [...]

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Rays

May 16, 2013

These past few weeks, the sun has been speaking to me. The rays call to me, luring me into the light, in unassuming ways, from the very first signs of morning to the very last calls of the day.

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Reinventing

May 15, 2013

{source} This morning, I felt really good during my run (walk/run/walk/run). And it got me thinking about my running, then and now. Because, I’ll be the first to tell you, I’ve had to reinvent myself when it comes to running and working out.

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Baseball

May 14, 2013

Baseball is in my blood. Baseball is in Sweets’ blood. And it is quite apparent that baseball is now in Gavin’s blood, too.

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