At this point, it feels crazy to guess what a year may bring. Thank you 2020 and 2021 for teaching me that. But I believe I still have agency in life, over my choices, priorities and emotions. With that in mind, no matter what 2022 may bring, I choose to be Refocused. I want to […]
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Looking back on 2021
My word for 2021 was Centered. Honestly, I feel it perfectly encapsulated the year – but not at all in the ways I thought when I wrote my start-of-the-year post. I thought we’d stay home more, avoid races, completing our backyard renovation and taking cooking classes. Instead, we went to 13 states, ran 9 races, […]
November 2021 – Wrap Up
November started crazy, ended quiet and had a lot packed in between. In some ways, I wish all months were like this, particularly if there are 4-day weekends built in. Glory turned two! Only one more year to go until she outgrows puppy crazy. Or never. It depends on who you talk to, to be […]
On Happiness
I took a Peloton happiness meditation session this weekend. Part of the instruction was to reflect back on a moment when we knew we were happy and to reflect on the physical feelings it invoked. The images that flashed through my mind surprised me. My 25th birthday in Kenya, standing alone in a field with […]
September 2021 – Wrap Up
I’m not sure when I’ve wanted to write a Hayley life monthly wrap up less than I want to right now. In 1992, Queen Elizabeth II marked her Ruby Anniversary by declaring it an “annus horribilis.” Given all of the events that impacted her family in 1992, the world understood exactly what she meant. September […]
August 2021 Wrap Up
August was alternately busy and slow. Work was busy for both of us and the calendar was full. Yet we also seemed to have plenty of time for each other, running, home and the furkids. Altogether it seemed just about perfect. Tuesday and Thursday night running with friends officially became a thing. Kelly had a […]
July 2021 Wrap Up
July was BUSY. Busy with work, but mostly busy with running. Kelly and I both hit our highest number of running miles ever, thanks mostly to doing our first ever multi-state, multi-race one week trip. Mom Hayley had a bad fall, which meant Kelly spent 14 days in Tyler helping around the house. While home […]
June 2021 Wrap Up
It felt like June was mostly about running and work, with a bit of fun tossed in the mix. Fittingly, we kicked off the month with an evening 5k celebration on Global Running Day. And another Galloway Season got underway – our sixth as program directors. Kelly’s accounting group retreated to Eureka Springs for team […]
May 2021 Wrap Up
May brought something back that we’d dearly missed: VACATION. We started the month with Johnnie in the hospital. He had two strokes, but managed to rally and return to health. Hard to believe, but we’ve had Glory Be in our lives for a year! Also hard to believe – it was time to finally say […]
April 2021 Wrap Up
April 2021. The month when we first started to feel normal after 13 months of definite not normal. Our 2021 home improvement project – the Great Backyard Remodel – got underway with a sprinkler reconfiguration. Goodbye Sonata! We bought it in 2012, right before I started driving to downtown Dallas for work. A hot market […]