I have always known that words matter. Words are powerful and in a single moment can make you feel loved and special but words said in the heat of anger or despair can also destroy. A word of encouragement from a parent, a teacher or a college professor can change the trajectory of a persons […]
Please Don’t Give This Away
October 25, 2022 by
I honestly do not like giving advice. What works for me will probably not work for others. Also I don’t want to be that sanctimonious know it all that has all the answers because honestly I don’t. I am muddling through life just like the rest of you hoping I am making the right decisions […]
Interruptions on the Run…
February 18, 2021 by
Someone very wise once told me that it is the spaces between the notes that truly makes the music. I wonder if that holds true for interruptions on the run. I don’t think so ..insert eye roll. Way back when in 2017 I was on a serious running kick. I was starting out with a […]
In the midst of my year of running, life happened ..sadly!
April 24, 2017 by
After a long absence from running which I blamed on breaking my wrist a year ago ( lame excuse but an excuse) I started out the new year with high hopes to get back into running consistently and training for a local 10k on April 1st. The irony of having my first race of 2017 […]
Trying to overcome my swimming anxiety…
January 10, 2017 by
Yes I have swimming anxiety. Not the kind that makes me fearful to go into the water. As a matter of fact I’ll be the first one to jump in the deep end with my grandkids and the last one to get out. I love the water. I hate the water. Wait..what?? It’s true. If […]
My year of Wonder!!!
January 4, 2017 by
Every year for about the past 5 years or so I have picked a word of the year. One year it was “inspire”. My intention was not only to inspire others but to inspire myself. In 2016 my word was “focus”. I wanted to focus on what was really important in my life. I also […]
Before I could run I had to fall in love again…
October 26, 2016 by
I used to think a 5k was easy. Let me be honest. I used to think a 5k was “too short” or in other words beneath me as I was a more “accomplished’ runner and did 10k’s and half marathons and had aspirations to do a full marathon. And then I stopped running. I stopped […]
How I “became” a “real” runner on Saturday!
November 18, 2015 by
I recently read a comment from a fellow runner on another blog that said despite the fact she had run 20 marathons ( yes 20!) she still didn’t consider herself a “real” runner. WHAT??? 20 marathons is 524 miles….whoa. It got me to thinking what makes someone feel like a “real” runner. Obviously completing […]
It’s Thoughtful Thursday! Are you really being grateful?
November 5, 2015 by
I love November. I love Thanksgiving! I also love that people focus on gratitude intensely this month. The “attitude of gratitude” is rampant and that’s a problem. It sounds nice, it has good intentions but often that is where it stops. I never even thought about it until I heard author and social worker Brene […]
How my exercise “cheat” turned awesome
September 2, 2015 by
So I have to admit that this summer hasn’t been the best for me on consistency with my running or any kind of exercise. Not that I haven’t been active. Between hanging out with my very active 6 grandkids, running up and down the halls at the hospital, yard work and my dog I haven’t […]
