by Lindsay Harrel | Jun 5, 2013 | Other
I’ll admit it: I tend to define myself with labels. Writer. Singer. Wife. Doggy mama. Wannabe dancer. Those are fairly straightforward and innocent labels, right? And they do speak the truth about who I am. At least in part. But what about those other labels I...
by Lindsay Harrel | Jun 3, 2013 | Other
On May 20, a tornado ravaged Moore, Oklahoma. Just this last weekend, another horrible storm hit the Oklahoma City area. People were killed in both storms. Homes, destroyed. Lives, forever changed. I watched the news coverage of both storms in horror, first, because I...
by Lindsay Harrel | May 24, 2013 | Other
My grandma is the bestest. Tomorrow my dad and I set out on a 16-hour drive to Oklahoma. My grandma lives there (thankfully, not the part touched by tornadoes earlier this week) and we decided to head out for a visit. Since I work from home, I have the awesome luck of...
by Lindsay Harrel | May 22, 2013 | Other
2013 has been quite the year for tragedies already. The Boston Marathon bombings. The explosion in a small Texas town. A tornado that leveled parts of Oklahoma. If we focus on the tragedies and the tragedies alone, we’re left with nothing but fear. And anger....
by Lindsay Harrel | May 20, 2013 | Other
January 1, I joined Weight Watchers, determined to lose a little weight and get healthy. Of course, that included heading to the gym. I’ve been an intermittent gym-goer for several years, even with times of great persistence thrown in there. But nothing’s...