Pleasure in the ordinary

Life without crutches is wonderful! I never knew how much I enjoyed doing ordinary things I used to take for granted. Some of the things I can do without crutches:
-put away clean clothes
-sweep the floor
-bring stuff in from my car at the end of the day
-cook a meal and carry it to the table
-do laundry and [...]

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Crutches are gone!

I got good news from my sports doctor today. I’m done with crutches–finally! I’ve had them since Dec. 7 so I could heal a stress fracture in my hip. Overzealous marathon training caused the stress fracture, which was on the inside curve of the femur, towards the top of the bone. It felt like a persistent [...]

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Goodbye Christmas…

We finally took down our Christmas tree and decorations tonight. Yes, I know it’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. What’s a crazybusymom to do? I think this is the latest we’ve ever taken down Christmas stuff.
It’s not that we didn’t want to put it away, it’s that nobody ever bothered to do it. I’ve been [...]

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