by Sheila Tucker | Oct 26, 2025 | Health & Wellness, November 2025
Strands of blonde hair stuck to my forehead and cheeks. Rocking the middle school-issued gold shorts and a white boxy T-shirt. I was poised at the painter’s tape line on the gym floor, ready to go as soon as the whistle blew. I was off. In my stride, sprinting from...
by Sheila Tucker | Sep 27, 2025 | Health & Wellness, Music, October 2025
It doesn’t happen every time. However, it has happened so many times that I’ve lost count. I’m listening to a song. And there’s no other way I can convey it, other than to say the music or the lyrics, or both, deeply touch my soul. It’s a visceral, full-body...
by Sheila Tucker | Aug 28, 2025 | Fitness, Health & Wellness, September 2025
My facial expression must have given me away. The slight tilt of my head, pursed lips, and squinted eyes. The look that reads, “What?” or “I don’t understand.” She knows I don’t nap. “But I won’t be doing anything,” I said. “That doesn’t sound very productive.”...
by Sheila Tucker | Jun 26, 2025 | Health & Wellness, July 2025
Saturday mornings when I was a kid meant a bowl of cereal and a front-row seat on the living room carpet. The lineup was The Jetsons, The Flintstones, and a slew of enticing commercials for My Little Pony and Frosted Flakes. But what stands out most to me now – far...
by Sheila Tucker | May 27, 2025 | Family, Health & Wellness, June 2025
There it was, the dreaded ball spinning on my computer. I went into panic mode. My body stiffened. I held my breath. Did I save my project? The one I’d spent so many hours creating and overthinking? Then the dreaded response: No connection. Cut off. Noooo! I hope I...
