Motivation
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Mark 1:35 A few years ago, a friend of mine planted a butterfly garden at the school where I teach. I ate lunch there today. I ate lunch there […]
A friend of mine asked me the other day, “Where do I begin?” She had been feeling so tired and worn out and was concerned about her bone density. She wanted to start taking supplements and work on improving her health. In my mind, my friend has already begun. Knowing that you need to make […]
Much of the healing that has had to take place in building bone density has been inner healing–that is, the healing of my attitudes and emotions about myself and about life in general. For most of my life, I have believed that happiness was to be found outside myself, in my activities I engaged in […]
Yesterday I set a new personal record for 5K time: 35 minutes 36 seconds. Just think! A year ago I hoped I could at least finish a 5K, walking the entire way. Three years ago I was worried that I might have to give up my job working upstairs because my feet hurt so bad […]
People ask me from time to time, “Does your family eat the same foods you do? If not, how do you handle the cooking?” Answer: Yes and no. Yes, I always make plenty of the healthy choices, so that they can dig into these–and most of the time, they do. However, several family members still […]
Boogie boarding has got to be one of the most enjoyable ways to get exercise and build bone density. It gets you out in the sun, which promotes the production of Vitamin D for stronger bones. It also gets you out in the surf where negative ions abound, which helps the red blood cells to […]
Yesterday was the last day of school before the Winter break, and the last day of school can be a wild time for middle schoolers. Rather than embracing the party atmosphere my 8th graders hoped for, I gave the unit test. The predictable moans and groans ensued, but order prevailed. Most did well on the […]
