I was not a born cook. More of a late bloomer. But I’ve found something joyful and satisfying in it, well beyond creating tasty or healthy food to eat.

Meredith LyonsJanuary 3, 2020Comment

What I've learned after a year of posting a weekly blog.

I believe I’ve become a slightly better writer, and, as with most things, it’s been in ways I haven’t anticipated.

resiliance, Starting Fresh, Mental TrainingMeredith LyonsDecember 27, 2019writing, transition, moving, mental training, ego, New Years Goals, ResilienceComment

The most wonderful time of the year?

Create some light in the dark and some love through the stress.

Meredith LyonsDecember 20, 2019Comment

The winter solstice, midwinter, Christmas and what all of that really should mean.

In the darkest days of the year, hold close those you hold dear. Bittersweet though it sometimes may be.

Meredith LyonsDecember 13, 2019Comment

Finding and maintaining peace

Peace. Finding it and maintaining it. My limited and always growing perspective.

Meredith LyonsDecember 6, 2019 Comment

Trauma and hindsight. Climbing out of the forest, looking back at the trees.

Lightening doesn’t normally strike twice, but does that mean it can’t? Or are you still just shaken up from the first time.

Mental Training, Motivation, Starting Fresh, resilianceMeredith LyonsNovember 29, 2019Self Awareness, recovery, trauma, mental trainingComment

Getting older; the good, the bad and the ugly

Musings after a few years in the forties.

Meredith LyonsNovember 22, 2019 Comment

6 reasons that I still dislike winter, or Chicago Traumatized Me

Breaking down my tumultuous relationship with winter and why I have such a difficult time when it gets colder.

Meredith LyonsNovember 15, 2019Comment

Fighting 2019 all the way to the end

Getting through rough patches. Trying to give myself breaks. Moving through this year. Ready for the other side. Ready to be better and stronger and done with this lesson.

Friends and Family, Marriage, Mental Training, Relationships, RunningMeredith LyonsNovember 8, 2019Resilience, mental training, growth, healthComment

Honesty

Honesty has different calibrations. Mine is very high.

Meredith LyonsNovember 1, 2019 Comments

Money is a terrifying thing in general. Even more difficult to talk about.

Stress and money. This was another scary one to write. Afraid of being judged. But it’s all honest and transparent. I’d rather write substance than nothing at all.

Meredith LyonsOctober 25, 2019 Comment

A wonderful, messy, scattered, loving life

Musings on life and love and spending time with the ones that mean the most.

Meredith LyonsOctober 18, 2019Comment

Marathon bonus blog

On Chicago Marathon Eve, we remember the ladies who first fought so that we could run.

Meredith LyonsOctober 12, 2019

Self worth, self doubt and another certification.

Examining feelings of self doubt during a certification exam.

Meredith LyonsOctober 11, 2019Comment

For anyone who has given everything to an art they loved... and had to take a break

Debating a return up a road previously traveled …

Meredith LyonsOctober 4, 2019 Comment

The impossible task of preparing for the unknown, and why I won't stop trying.

The picture (and embedded video) are all the photographic evidence I have left of a family trip to the Grand Canyon. I had an album of older photos, but I think it must have been a casualty of the fire because I cannot find it. By this time I had written my first novel. Hand written on recycled paper, where it remains. I never made it through putting it into typeface. I like to think this little one would be happy with where she ended up. (Although she would be pissed I hadn’t done something with that historical fiction she wrote at thirteen.)