the Mother Runner

I’ve had a couple of thoughtful people ask me for gift ideas to contratulate friends on finishing their first race, or a new distance, or a race that is important or significant for any reason. This is obviously a brilliant idea and I love it. It’s taken me much too long to do this, but [...]

I feel loved when someone sends me an article or a recipe they think I will enjoy, or tells me something they think my kids would like. I feel loved when someone asks me to do something small for them – to watch one of their kids for a minute while they change a diaper. [...]

It’s here, people! It’s here. February. I know you’ve been looking forward to it because nothing is more exciting, more enjoyable, more fun than . . . the doldrums of winter. You’ve been looking forward to this gray, cold, wetness since August, and now it’s finally here! Hooray . . . ? Okay, maybe not. [...]

Did I tell you about the time, last week, when I played Powder Puff football with some friends? It was pretty intense. And awesome. Mostly, we didn’t know what we were doing. But we pretended we did. And by the end we looked almost like we did know what we were doing. Almost. But even [...]

Last night Micah met us at a free/abbreviated showing of the Nutcracker after work. He walked an unhappy Little Miss around the World Financial Center while the boys and I watched the ballet. Then he took the train with us until he had to transfer to go to a late meeting. He didn’t get home [...]

A friend of mine told me this week that her family will be moving next month. It was the same day of another friend’s birthday. This friend and I rarely see each other, but each November we exchange birthday wishes and catch up on each other’s lives. That made it a good day to get [...]

I just got home from a lecture by a friend of mine who was diagnosed with breast cancer early this year and has been going through chemotherapy treatments for the past several months. Anyone who knows her knew when she received her diagnosis that nothing would change. She would still be the motivated, driven, take-charge, [...]

What I really wanted out of Saturday’s run was some hard-earned sweat, some sore legs, and some indication that I could still go fast. It had been a week since I’d been “running” and almost another week since I’d actually put some effort into it. I had lots of stress and energy to burn off and [...]

I was pretty sure I’d made a really dumb move by signing up to run a 5-mile race on Saturday. It seemed like a good idea at the time. After all, June 30th is not July. So certainly it couldn’t be too hot. And I was only 35 1/2 weeks pregnant, so it’s not like [...]

I’ve lived in Brooklyn for five years. That’s half of my adult life, which is weird to think about. Weird to think that I’ve been an adult for ten years. Weird to think that I’ll be attending my 10 year reunion on Saturday. But mostly it’s weird to think that we won’t always live there. [...]