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I don't know if anyone will actually ever read this, but, I must say that I am very excited about finally starting a blog.  It's something that I've been wanting to do for a very long time, so I'm glad to be finally getting around to doing it.  You might be wondering, "what's up with your title?", or perhaps you don't care at all, but none-the-less here's the deal.  I have recently become a stay home mom to a fabulous little boy.  I'm sure I'm biased, but he's the cutest baby I have ever seen in my life.   While I love being a mom, adjusting to this new life of being home everyday has been a little difficult to say the least.  One day, I was walking past an end-table in our living room and I noticed a bowl of pennies.  Instead of putting it away, for whatever reason, I thought it made the perfect weight for working out.  So, that's what I did.  I know I probably looked like a fool, but in that moment, it was the greatest thing I had done in a while. For the next  week or so, I worked out religiously with that bowl of pennies.  But more than working out, I realize that that little bowl of pennies, which is very heavy by the way, was more than just a weight, it was my key to coming back to life.  If you are a mom I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from when I say that while I would never trade anything for being a mom, I really grieved the passing of my old life.  I missed taking a shower, sleeping in, eating more than once a day, and doing what I wanted to do, when I wanted to do it!  Somehow that bowl of pennies helped me to realize that while I probably will never have that "old" life back, life isn't over.  I have to admit that my penny workouts are over, but I still refuse to move that bowl of pennies.  Whenever I see it, it reminds me to "live".  It's the simple things in life that teach the greatest lessons.  I'm looking forward to sharing the lessons and the failures with you...whomever you may be!!!