Life with Anders and Kuba

Monday, August 12, 2019

Vinalhaven

Our friend Jon Emerson, the lobstah fisherman, dropped us off on Vinalhaven.

We met up with our friends who were also on vacation and we had pretty much the best swimming day ever. Here are the kids jumping into an old quarry.

Sunday, August 11, 2019

We had a blast on Jon Emerson's lobster boat while we were in Maine.
We went out with him for a few hours to empty his traps and to learn about lobsters.
It was fun and as you can see from the final photo, exhausting at the end of a long sunny day on the ocean.

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Watching the Word Cup and Why I Love Megan Rapinoe

Here we are sitting on the lawn at City Hall Park, along with hundreds of other soccer fans watching the World Cup. It was so much fun. It was thrilling to me because I love Megan Rapinoe.

I have to admit, I was late the to the adoration team. I sort of don't really ever pay any attention to sports or professional teams. But due to the enormous excitement around the world cup games, I was drawn in. And then I read a few articles about co-captain, Megan Rapinoe, and that was it. I was smitten. I swallowed the bait, full on, hook, line and sinker.

Why?

She's an enormously talented athlete, she's convicted, she's outspoken, she's gay and she's such an inspiration to me. I am mostly admiring her devotion and her integrity. I am admiring her commitment to being the best she can be. I am admiring her courage and bravery as she has taken on Trump and all the haters. I admire her beauty. I admire her charisma. All of this. She's inspired me to strive to be the best at what I can be the best at. Not soccer, that's for sure. But me. I can strive to be the best me I can be. That means committing to my self, to self care, to creativity, to my family, to by body, to eating, etc. This is what I find inspirational about her, that she has me thinking about my life and how I can be the best I can be. That includes my family and my community. How do we live to our fullest? Go for the gold? Go for the cup? How do we spend each day productively and passionately? That's why. We've only got one life and I want to make it the best one.