beth woolsey

mess maker • magic finder • rule breaker • kindness monger

Tag: Weight

  • A Series of Facts Unrelated to Weight Gain

    My annual medical exam was something of a disappointment because, you see, I have no fibroid tumors or other fantastic growths on which to blame my 10-pound weight gain.  I made my doctor do an extra pelvic pass just to be sure, and then I double and triple checked. “No tumors?” “No.  No tumors.” “How…

  • Things That Happen In My Womb

    My womb is a special place.  I know that’s true because three of my kids are forever asking if they can go there. “Mom,” says my 5-year-old, “can I sweep in yo womb?” “Cael,” I reply, “do you think you can manage to get a broom in my womb?  ‘Cause I know I grew twins…

  • 13.1

    Susan, Beth & Jen photo courtesty of Susan Heid at The Confident Mom Well, shoot.  That half marathon wasn’t going to run itself. Remember the half marathon I was going to do?  And then the same one that I wasn’t gonna do?  Now it’s the one that I just DID! That’s right. If you’ve been…

  • On Trying, Failing, and the Importance of Showing Up

    I can think no better way to usher in my 38th birthday than by running a half-marathon. Woohoo!  The wind in my hair.  Legs hitting the pavement in a steady thump-thump.  Butt rising and ker-plopping with each stride. Coincidentally, I turn 38 this Thursday, October 13th and I’m registered to run a half-marathon on Sunday the…