Onward: upward and forward.

Springtime is here folks, and I could not be gladder. The sunshine on my shoulders renews within me a sense of possibility that is energizing and invigorating – thank heaven! This winter has been a rough one – adding a newborn to the list of excuses as to why you don’t get out of the house in the winter makes for a very sedentary season.  I cannot remember the last time I went for a run, but I am pretty sure it was over a year ago *shudder.

I am excited to seize this new found energy and make something count from these next few months leading into summer.  We have a brief window of opportunity from the blazing summer sun to really make some changes in our household and I am going to do everything within my power to get some momentum and keep it going.  I cannot tell you how tired I am of being tired.

The first order of business will be to get our lazy butts out of the house and into nature.  Time is fleeting, opportunity is passing us by, and honestly I do not think we need as much family time as we have been getting lately.  A family mantra when there is a newborn is to be home with the baby, home with the children, home for dinner, home for bedtime.  The obsessive togetherness has prevented any forward movement because it takes more coordination then I have to propel four people into the same direction.  

And so I say on this day: Onward: upward and forward. Life is too short to cherish every damn minute.  Some moments must get lost in the shuffle, because at least then, you are moving.