Author: Sarra Cannon

This poem is more about Fall than Spring, but it is one of my favorites so I share it today. It is an old poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, written in the latter half of the 19th century. SPRING AND FALL to a young child Margaret, are you grievingOver Goldengrove unleaving?Leaves like the things of man, youWith you fresh thoughts care for, can you?Ah! as the heart grows olderIt will come to such sights colderBy and by, nor spare a sigh Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;And yet you will weep and know why.Now no matter, child, the name:Sorrow’s springs…

On Saturday night G and I decided to go out to eat, which we actually do a lot, but this was a bit different. Usually we eat out at Hibachi Express or Subway or McDonald’s type places… but Saturday I was in the mood for drinking too :P. We headed towards O’Charley’s but were keeping our eye out for something else along the way. G saw TGI Friday’s so we decided to pull in there and give it a try. I honestly think it’s been at least 5 years since I have been to a Friday’s! Probably since I lived…

Well, so far so good with the exercise this week. I am about to head out for my third day of Jazzercise. I can definitely feel the resistance starting to pull me down and make me want to come up with some excuses why I can’t go today. Resistance is a very curious thing. It’s not that I don’t enjoy Jazzercise. In fact, when I’m there and I’m really into it, so far it is the best I have felt in a very long time (well, apart from making love). And when I leave, I am so awake and my…

Jazzercise was definitely a success yesterday. It was a lot of fun with really good music and fun dance moves. I definitely could not hang during the last twenty minutes when we did weights and strength type stuff, but I know that I did my best. After time, surely that stuff will get easier right? I am going to believe that it will as long as I stick with it. The bottom line is that I exercised for a full hour and I had a good time doing it. As much as I rebel against exercise and usually hate doing…

I am writing a super short post this morning because I am about to head out to try Jazzercise! I used to love aerobics classes in college, and I am hoping that this will be fun and motivating. I also am a little nervous about meeting new people, because sometimes you fit in and sometimes you just don’t. I will write more later and let you know how it goes!

While working through my own issues with confidenc and inner struggles with the decisions and choices I have made, I have slowly been realizing that I have based so much of my happiness on expectations,some of which I am not entirely sure where they came from. Let me explain… There is a part of me that feels a little like a failure just because I am 31 and am not married with children. Now, as much as I champion Sex and the City and their single girl life, there will always be a part of me that feels like I…