Admittedly, when I hear the word resolution, my hackles raise a bit.  Unfortunately our media has embraced, and spread, this concept with glee. If I hear one more New Year, New You ad my head might actually explode. And those images that accompany the ads: beaches, bikinis, and general frolicking about as if they have found the secret to eternal happiness.  It's just a bunch of ‘after’ pictures. Here’s the deal, it’s not the before or the after pictures that are the problem, it’s the total dismissal of a ‘during.’  

It was December 6th, and we were the last house on the block to make the outside of our house merry. Which means that even though it was raining, we got the lights up and the candy canes in the ground. Covered in mud and freezing cold, I hopped in a very warm shower.  Just before this, as we were hanging the wreath on the door, I had briefly thought of Shalini.

Today I cleaned my office.  That may not seem like a big deal but my mental health would beg to differ. It’s been intense around here lately with lots of demands on my time and attention. I know you can relate beca we all get busy. That’s life, right? But, can you recall the last time you were up to your eyeballs in deadlines and commitments and everything was due or happening at once and you felt like one false step and the whole things would unravel? Well, that was me for the last two weeks: We had one soccer season ending while the other is still going, working with a friend to organize the academic olympics at two schools, putting together some gift baskets for a silent auction, and adding a product to my website.  This while I was trying to be faithful to exercise, work, and all the other things present in life.