Step 1: Do something.On Sunday, I did. I finished goal #1 on my list of goals: complete a half marathon. Check.Sometimes we need something to keep our mind off of other things. For me, work can be consuming (sometimes)…(actually lots of times). So in an act of emotional health desperation, I wrote down my goals
If I believed in luck, maybe it would have been on my side and I would have missed the whole series of events that were about to unfold… or rather not unfold. I watched a woman reach into a public trash can in Chicago and pull out a mangled Dunkin’ Doughnut wrapper. She looked inside.
If I believed in luck, maybe it would have been on my side and I would have missed the whole series of events that were about to unfold… or rather not unfold. I watched a woman reach into a public trash can in Chicago and pull out a mangled Dunkin’ Doughnut wrapper. She looked inside.
I can’t believe I’m going to do this but here it goes- a quote from the movie Ice Age: Manfred: Sid, the tiger found a shortcutSid: (looking at the treacherous mountain) No thanks, I choose life. There it’s done. I actually quoted Ice Age. Please hold all judgements until forever. This quote plays in my
I can’t believe I’m going to do this but here it goes- a quote from the movie Ice Age: Manfred: Sid, the tiger found a shortcutSid: (looking at the treacherous mountain) No thanks, I choose life. There it’s done. I actually quoted Ice Age. Please hold all judgements until forever. This quote plays in my
Remember in school when you were assigned a paper to write about your hero or role model? Lot’s of people picked Michael Jordan or their older sibling. I never knew who to pick. But now I do. Even when I was as a wannabe-rebel-making-mistakes-attitude-absorbed-teenager and sure that he was wrong about most things, my dad
Remember in school when you were assigned a paper to write about your hero or role model? Lot’s of people picked Michael Jordan or their older sibling. I never knew who to pick. But now I do. Even when I was as a wannabe-rebel-making-mistakes-attitude-absorbed-teenager and sure that he was wrong about most things, my dad
When I fell I told myself: don’t write about this…. don’t write about this…. don’t write about this… I’m writing about this. Saturday morning was cool and for the first time in a month, I was looking forward to the long run in my prep for the Chicago 1/2 marathon. All I had to do
When I fell I told myself: don’t write about this…. don’t write about this…. don’t write about this… I’m writing about this. Saturday morning was cool and for the first time in a month, I was looking forward to the long run in my prep for the Chicago 1/2 marathon. All I had to do
I was 22 when I married Brandon. I was glad I was 22 because 21 sounded so young. At 22 the world started giving me more respect, which is why I’m desperately awaiting 30. I think 30 will be the best year of my life because people will stop considering me young and unable to