It’s October! I don’t know where September went, but it was a blur of back-to-school emails and protocols, missed days and Covid testing when one kid got a bad cold, Pro-D days (TOO SOON) and apple harvest.
Maybe it’s the long-awaited sunshine that’s been pouring over me, or perhaps it’s the long-overdue iron supplement I am finally taking semi-regularly, but I feel like there’s some semblance of pep
Oh, Fall. I love you so hard.
I have been on a journey, and it has taken me so much longer than I ever thought it would. But the first step of my pilgrimage was to accept and love myself for where I was at.
I need Quiet now.
I used to not require it: I was a perpetual extrovert who could hop from social event to social event with an unending supply of emotional energy to be present and upbeat and happy.
I said yes. They asked if I would ride my bike 90 km on their team and before I had even sat perched on a road bike, I said yes.
I said yes.