Finding the Pieces
The story of how a lost boy found home
Category: Blog Posts
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Part of me really wants to start telling you that I had an awesome week, but that wouldn’t exactly be the truth. I didn’t have a horrible week, but it wasn’t all that amazing either. With the onset of Spring, I have been itching to get outside and start exercising more, especially now that I…
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Happy Monday, everybody! I know that Monday is not exactly most people’s favorite day of the week, so I thought I would share something that might give you something to look forward to at the end of a long work day tonight. I don’t know about you, but every now and again I start to have…
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March is here, and even though the snow is not quite gone yet, there have been plenty of hopeful signs that Spring is just around the corner. Michigan winters can be pretty rough, and this winter has been no exception. I can handle the snow and the ice, and I can even put up with…
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I am a list maker. If I am going to do anything, I am probably going to make some kind of check list or schedule that I need to follow in order to get something done. So when I started trying to lose weight and live healthier I found it that it was very helpful…
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I sat down to my computer today and realized that it has been a little while since I’ve made a post on here, so I thought I should at least try to write something even though my brain is virtually fried from the wonderful thing that is midterm exams. It’s crazy to think that it…
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For the last few days I’ve been fighting a cold. My throat hurts, my sinuses are throbbing, and all I really want to do is sleep. It’s been a long time since I’ve been sick like this, and I started thinking about this journey that I’ve embarked on. Yes, I want to lose weight, but…
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One thing that I have found in eating healthy is that soda and coffee are not really the best choice of beverages. I used to be a caffeine addict, and I still find myself having cravings for some kind of drink that is a bit fancier than water. When I was first starting this weight-loss…
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Is me. I know I’m not the only person who feels that way. There are so many things that I want to do, so many things that I want to share with the world…until that little voice inside my brain starts chiming in and says “who cares?” or “that’s just stupid.” Starting this blog was…
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As soon as we are able to talk in full sentences, one of the first questions we hear is “what do you want to be when you grow up?” When we’re 4 or 5, our answers normally range from princesses and fairies to dinosaurs and ninjas. As we grow a little bit older, our answers…
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I thought it would be appropriate to have my first post be something of an introduction that goes deeper than the “about me’ section on this site. Sometimes I like to think of my life as a story: It has some earlier chapters that I can look back on and learn from, but the rest has…