I don’t ever remember a summer that’s been as dry and hot as this one. Our neighborhood is filled with yard after yard lacking color, drained of life. My life has felt the same way over the past few weeks. Dry. Cracked. Lacking color. Drained of life. I’d been pushing through, reprimanding myself for weeks […]
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Your Gift is Worthy
My children gave me imperfectly perfect gifts this weekend. With puffed up chests, they presented the evidence of their undying love for me (or at least until they turn 12!). T-Rex was so excited about the painting he made in school, that he had to tell me about it right away, finishing the conversation with, […]
What should you not believe?
Don’t believe everything you think. That was a bumper sticker that caught my eye on the highway this weekend. I wished I had read that phrase earlier in the day, before I ran my half marathon as opposed to on the way home from the race. I approached mile 10 that day and started feeling […]
Making Goodbyes Sweeter
So what do you do if you’re the friends being left behind? Before we moved back to Michigan, I always felt at a loss for how to help friends getting ready to make a major move. I would offer to help pack boxes, but often people either are paying movers to pack or they need […]
It's always a matter of life and death part 2
Part 1 I took a deep breath and offered a prayer for help. It was no longer about my time (which was going to be terrible) or how many miles left, but how much life I could live and give in those next five miles. When you hang out in the back of the race, […]
Who's got your back?
Last Saturday my training buddy, Jen, and I ran our first double digits for the season – 10 miles. Because of the flu, I hadn’t run for a week, and I was a bit nervous. It hurt. But I did it. About mile 7 we were standing on a street corner waiting for our walk […]