Tag Archives: life lessons

LEAVES! And Family Lessons.

Jan 23 2012

With the climbing hiatus in effect throughout most of the holiday season, our weekends were open for more than just baking, Christmas partying, and wrapping presents. We also took advantage of the opportunity to catch up on household maintenance jobs that get overlooked the majority of the year when our weekends are filled with vertical adventures. One such job involves tackling large heaps of leaves and dragging them out to the street. While I realize that most folks tend to view raking leaves as a work-in-progress activity to be whittled away at throughout the fall season, our family likes to…Read the rest of this entry →

Don’t Forget to Look Out!

May 23 2011

I’m a little better about it now, but when I first started climbing outdoors, I was notorious for climbing to the top of a route, getting lowered down, and then proceed to hear every person that climbed after me rave about the spectacular view they had when they turned around to take in the gorgeous views of the world around them. I would tell myself as I was tying in and putting my shoes on, “Make sure you look out this time,” and invariably, it would not come to my mind again until I was back on the ground untying…Read the rest of this entry →

A Perspective on Risk Assessment

Apr 11 2011

“Do you take less risks in climbing now that you’re a mom?” If I had a dollar for every time someone has asked me this since Cragbaby entered on the scene…well let’s face it, I wouldn’t be rich, but I would definitely be able to buy more $4 frappucinnos at Starbucks! The funny thing is, I never really feel like I have a good answer for this question. I feel like the “correct” answer is, “Yes, the responsibility of raising a little person has made me less risky of a climber.” But if I’m being honest, I don’t really think much…Read the rest of this entry →

Sentimental Snapshots: Happy Birthday Cragbaby!

Mar 21 2011

So I had another post all written and prepared for this week’s Sentimental Snapshot…but today is Cragbaby’s birthday and it didn’t seem right to have another picture up here on this milestone day! I can’t thank God enough for the wonderful gift that C has been to us. It’s hard to wrap my brain around the fact that a year ago at this time Steve and I were heading to the hospital! For anyone that might be interested in the play by play of that day, you can check out Canaan’s Birth Story here. This is one of my…Read the rest of this entry →

Selflessness on Reality TV?!?

Sep 30 2009

I’m not one of those people that watch EVERY reality TV show out there, but I will take this moment to admit that yes, I do have a few shows that I indulge in on a weekly basis. Usually its just for fun, and very rarely do I ever find anything of real depth or value on these shows, but this week has been both frustrating and refreshing in the land of reality TV. Let me back up and start from the beginning…every so often on these shows, there will be a token “Christian” player. These characters are usually over…Read the rest of this entry →

“Not all who wander are lost.” —JRR TOLKIEN