​I have a suitcase filled with toys and activities to do with my nephews and niece, but I don’t have my license. Yeah, that’s how I roll. I discovered this while trying to get a beer at a Red Sox game I was invited to the night before I left. One look at me made getting my beer not a problem. Getting though the TSA to board a plane might not be as easy. Seeing that my flight was leaving at 9:25 the next morning, making the over three hour trip back to NH to retrieve it and getting back in time was not going to be an option. 

I saw this picture this morning that a friend shared on FB. I told her I might need to borrow it for my next blog post. I have been having trouble getting it to the point where I felt like it was ready to share. I know I have a tendency to over think things (a habit I am trying to lessen). Still, it was written on the heels of a rough day last week.  I want to promote hope and resilience. But what happens when the hope gets dragged into discouragement.  Everyone has been so supportive and encouraging. I want to be the strong and positive person I feel I am. But when one bad day turns into two, I start to worry (another bad habit I am trying to kick).  I think what it comes down to for me is that the physical issues, though frustrating and painful at times, are much easier for me to push back against than the emotional ones.  Not that I’m not strong emotionally, because I think I am, but sometimes life’s battles hits you right in your weak spot and you crumble. This is the place where my original blog post begins.

​When the completion of March Madness comes the same day as opening day for the Red Sox, it is a happy day for this sports fan. My only question is whether or not I should be embarrassed or proud that on my NCAA bracket I picked the correct winner, but all the movies I picked for the Meow Madness Christmas movie match up on Hallmark Channel dropped out in the Sweet Sixteen. I'm going with proud.
 
After the Superbowl, I read a post that said "Calm down people. It's only a football game". Clearly, not a football fan, especially a Patriots or Falcons fan. But it made me think. Obviously, it means a great deal to those of us who are fans. It made me wonder about why that is.