Posts Categorized: Life’s a Butter Dream
Life’s a Butter Dream – Author M.J. Pullen blogs about body image, weight loss (and gain) (and loss again), fitness and struggling to stay healthy as a working mom. When my oldest son, Skywalker, was a toddler, he used to sing “Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily… life’s a butter dream.” And he’s right!
One funny thing about getting pregnant is that suddenly your life is measured in weeks. It’s 40 weeks from start (well, before start, technically) to finish; and each week is brimming with developmental significance. Thanks to ever-improving technology, we know more and more about what happens with a developing fetus from week to week. So […]
Well, it’s not really my inaugural blog – it’s my blog about yesterday’s inauguration. I’m sure I am echoing the sentiments of many when I say this, but it’s astonishing to me how the peaceful fulfillment of the democratic process fills me with an increasing sense of awe, year after year. I’m a fairly worldly […]
I figured it out the other day — I’m 33 years old, and I have spent almost exactly two-thirds of my life in school (at least part time). My first reaction as I write that sentence is to question the wisdom of all that higher education, and the next one is to try not to […]
On New Year’s Eve, a few friends converged on our house for a cozy evening of pizza and silly board games. It was wonderful. Earlier that morning, a colleague shared with me a NYE tradition she has: writing down things she wants to leave behind from the old year, and burning them in a bonfire. […]
Last night I had the privilege to see an incredible documentary about the extraordinary life of Simon Wiesenthal. Mr. Wiesenthal survived the Holocaust and imprisonment in several European concentration camps, and went on to become an infamous “Nazi Hunter,” who helped track down and capture Nazi war criminals responsible for the deaths of millions of […]
Why would someone who has a near-paralyzing fear of drowning (and hates being in a swimsuit) voluntarily choose to get in a pool every week? I ask myself this question often as I flip-flop my way through the locker room at Georgia State in my 5+ year-old basic black swimsuit, slowing slightly for a glance […]
I love Halloween – it’s a day of fun and fantasy, when anyone can be anything, and everyone from the littlest kid to the most mature grownup can try on an alternate identity… just for fun (and candy). Somehow when we put on a costume or a mask, it gives us permission to cast aside […]
In my Advanced Counseling Theories class, our homework assignment for this week was to answer this question: “Has the movement of your life so far been consistent with your values as you understand them?” Whew. It would be way easier to answer a question about Freud or Adler… something I could look up in a […]
In the Jewish tradition, we are currently in the middle of the Days of Awe, the ten days between Rosh Hashanah (the new year) and Yom Kippur (the day of atonement). By Wednesday night, we’ll be fasting, afflicting our bodies and souls to allow space for reflection and repentance. Yom Kippur has always been one […]
As many of you know, I’ve been embarking on a journey since last December to SLOWLY improve my running ability. This has been an interesting and daunting task; and I’ve been blessed with many companions who’ve been my supporters, fellow runners and cheerleaders along the way. As I was panting my way around the GSU […]
