Bring On Lemons

  I really enjoyed the winter youth retreats I went on as a child. So - I thought it would be fun to organize and chaperone a trip for youth from our church. I found myself "camping" with 60 tweens/teens in Wisconsin's Northwoods. Showering while teens run through the dorm building screaming playing "zombie apocalypse" is not at all serene. Trying to sleep while surrounded by rooms full of giggling girls - also not serene. You know what else isn't serene? Flying down a hill on a tube while being "splashed" with snow...then having to walk up the hill carrying the tube to do it again. These things brought me so much joy 30 years ago and yet today, every fiber of my being is aching and I feel like I have a newborn - I'm fully sleep deprived.  I'm not complaining - I'm really not. I'm just realizing that 47 is NOT the new 20. There's a huge difference between doing these fun things as a youth and doing them as a mom. I need to do a ...