Remember when I encouraged you in my previous post to get outside "no matter the weather?" Well today, I was eating my words with a dose of pain. No, I'm not rescinding my axiom of getting outside despite the imperfect conditions, but today, I admit, it was a challenge to STAY outside. My college freshman daughter was under the weather with laryngitis and general malaise. She was still determined to get to class at the local community college on the other side of the county. And it was snowing! So as moms do, I offered to drive her 1) to help reduce the stress her body was already in, 2) to make sure our vehicle returned in one, unscathed piece and 3), if truth be told, to take the unexpected opportunity to explore a local nature preserve while it was snowing. I love being in … [Read more...] about Eating My Words