Running Like Crazy
UPDATE–I FINISHED THE WHOLE CHALLENGE A DAY EARLY!!!!!!! I know it has been quiet here on the blog… As you may know from twitter and facebook, I have been running, and crunching and pushing up and...
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Loss of a Friend
Is it possible to make a friend by reading a book they wrote? I believe so. I believe Annette Funicello became a friend of mine when I read her book, A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes. I didn’t...
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Lacing Up My Shoes
So recently, for Mothers Day, Caitlyn made an acrostic of attributes for me using the word Mother. R was for runner. That means I should get running again, huh?! Tonight I was crawling it out on the...
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Bit By Bit Step By Step
If you’ve been reading a while, which I hope you have, you know I used to run. Not fast, most of you could walk faster than I run, but to me, it was running. Then a medication messed it all up. I...
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Earlier tonight, before he fell asleep on the couch, my hubby looked over at me as I ate Gelato, and said, “why did you buy Slim Fast?” Do I get to just roll my eyes and say he’s just being cheeky? No?...
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Turning the Tables
Okay, here is a TMI post. Read or don’t read. You’ve been warned. As I have mentioned, I am exercising and trying to figure out my eating like crazy. My typical day includes 90 days of exercise. I...
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Tooting My Own Horn
I have shouted it on my Facebook status. I have shouted it in Facebook groups. I have texted it all over the world. I ran 3.1 miles (5k) without stopping last night for the first time in a few years....
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Every Single Step
Today was a long awaited day…my first 5k to run in two years! I have been doing 3.1 miles and more on the treadmill, but earlier this week I tried running outside and with the snow and ice still...
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Foot Break or Mind Break
I ran 3.5 miles last night, after running 3 the night before. It felt good. It was empowering. And freeing. for that hour of running (I’m not fast) the negative thoughts, the seesaw emotions, the...
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Another Mother Runner
Running has not been easy for a while now. I’ve been dealing with desperate leg pain. So I added compression socks. Different shoes. And felt some, not a lot, relief. So I went back to my “soul”...
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As I have mentioned a million times, I love running. I had to give it up for a while due to foot issues, but that didn’t change my love. I am done with physical therapy and was given the go ahead to...
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The Balance
Three girls. I have three girls. I have no idea how that happened–well, okay, I know HOW it happened, I just can’t believe it did even 10 years into this mom gig. I had given up on marriage and...
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There She Goes
“Go Caitlyn Go!!” I have yelled that countless times since August 16 when Caitlyn and Sue started cross country practice. Caitlyn loved the running, Sue loved the social time. I ached watching Caitlyn...
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Pounding Out the Miles
I started back to running August 16, right after the girls first cross country practice. I watched them out there and just could not resist joining in. I have logged between 6-9 miles a week since...
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We Ran Oh We Ran
Caitlyn and I ran our second 5k together today. Well, not really together–she runs and then I come slowly up from the rear of the crowd…much later after she finishes. Today’s race was a Turkey Trot....
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Little Day in a Big Way
Two days ago, it was 70 degrees. Today it was 33 degrees. That’s Michigan in a nutshell. It comes with the territory, but that doesn’t make the first few days any easier. Our winter coats were...
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When Your Legs Don’t Work Like They Used to Before
All to the Glory of God–that is why I blog and share my story so openly. I want others to know it is possible to live and parent well with mental illness. This, by necessity, causes my posts to be...
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Just a Loss
A half-marathon. 13.1 miles. I want to run that. All of that. I am afraid that might be a pie in the sky goal. I have been running consistently and often. I push and push but it takes all I have...
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What Am I
I identify as, and am, a lot of things: Christ follower, wife, mother, homeschooler, daughter, friend…but one thing has escaped me. No matter how hard I tried, I could not bring myself to say I am a...
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Happiness Is
We just finished up Sue’s run of “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.” The last song is “Happiness is” which fit perfectly with my friend’s post yesterday. We’ve had lots of happiness lately. Happiness...
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