Tag Archives: Growth

El Camino: Pamplona to Puente la Reina

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Caro

Today’s trek:  Pamplona to Puente la Reina There’s a certain kind of comfort in putting on hiking boots even though the day before you couldn’t wait to get them off. The protection these boots provide is wonderful. But they are … Continue reading →

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When the nest is (really, really) empty.

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Caro

This weekend was wonderful albeit filled with all the anxiety and discomfort of a family milestone. We packed up the older sister and the three-year-old non-stop talker (talkers are nothing new in our family) and headed to Santa Clara to … Continue reading →

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In Sickness and In Health

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Caro

I wonder if I have become immobilized by fear. I haven’t been able to run since mid August 2017. That is the first time I actually typed out that date and now it sits here on the page, staring me … Continue reading →

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The Day I Lost My Mind

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Caro

Tomorrow will be one year since the day I lost my mind. Late the night before (a year ago today) I violently poked at the remote control to the television and tossed/ threw it onto the sofa.  Then amid expletives, … Continue reading →

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Bridges and Waterfalls. 

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Caro

There’s something to be said about taking a chance on people and doing something new with them.  I have been very busy the past few weeks and particularly the last two. I have been coordinating a huge home project, helping … Continue reading →

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CIM I Love/Hate You

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Caro

Well I did it… I ran the CIM…ok I sorta ran the CIM. I set a finisher goal of 4:40.  I thought that’s doable for my first full marathon.  The hills are at the beginning and I’ve been training pretty … Continue reading →

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Pace and Space

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Caro

A talented writer directs and controls a reader’s pace and space through carefully chosen words and punctuation.  The reader then navigates the words like a raft floating down a river and uses grammar and punctuation to guide her progress through … Continue reading →

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Trust Intent

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Caro

As many of you who have children know, raising two kids that are four years apart can be a harrowing experience. One is sometimes too young to understand that their behavior is offending some sensibility or another that the older … Continue reading →

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Pea Salad

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Caro

  There is nothing like a fresh, cold, crunchy with cashews, pea salad!  But it can’t be just any pea salad. It has to be pea salad in the midst of friends, relatives, babies, puppies, grown-up “weiner” dogs, and loud, … Continue reading →

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