Forty Days
The green smoothie I’m chugging is purple thanks to blueberries seasonal, fresh, and cheap. It’s also sporting lettuce, mango, coconut milk and seeds (flax, chia, and hemp). In case you’re interested, the five basic components of the best green smoothies[i] are: Greens Approximately 2 cups of whatever you have or can get – spinach, kale, […]
Sometimes I Forget Who The Better Doctor (really) Is
Beat. Beat. Beat. I’m somewhat of a hypochondriac, and when I get nervous, I take my pulse. I don’t always completely trust this pacemaker I have inside me, a metal box ensuring my heart beats when it is supposed to. Kind of like I don’t always trust this great God that made me and has […]
English Lessons in the Exam Room + Simple Frozen Peanut Butter and Banana Bars Recipe
There I was, abdomen exposed more than I was comfortable with, as four Asian nurses stared at me, babbling in a language I couldn’t understand. And laughing. Laughing! At a time like this? I was furious. A few months earlier, my husband and I had decided it was time to try for baby #2. We […]
When Balance Eludes You
There was a craze Stateside in the mid-nineties. Fat free food. Fat free chips. Fat free cookies. Fat free ice cream. Consumers looked at the box of Devil’s Food cookies and said “Oh, it’s FAT FREE! It must be healthy!” The devil is in the details and in the case of the cookies, the sugar […]