life lessons
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
On Sunday, March 25, 2007 I joined 24,000 runners in a 4.96 mile race known as the Shamrock Shuffle. It was my first major running event in well over a decade. I wasn’t running to compete with anyone but myself of course. After a couple of months of training (and pain), I woke up on [...]
Spring Forward
I have been looking forward to Spring approaching since the last below zero, bitter cold, windy Chicago weather storm that caused me to ask “Why do we live here again?” It’s not like the cold is something new to us, since we grew up in Michigan. However, this past winter has been a little colder [...]
It’s Memorex
After 40 minutes of wrestling with BBB (Bighead Bigcheeked Baby), who is bright-eyed and loud, I am awake watching Sesame Street on Sprout at 5:00 in the morning. On any other day, I would think this was a sign, a blessing, but today, well yesterday was the first day of my cycle and I’m convinced [...]
No Pain, No Gain
We’ve all heard the saying no pain, no gain right? As I have been training for this 8K race, I have known pain and I have known gain. I started out this training running 1 mile and building up each week. There has been pain and there has been gain. We all reach a point [...]
Where I’ve Been…
Many of you have probably wondered where I’ve been…well I’ve been stuck on Step 1 of my 12 step process of caring about what people think. A friend of mine would call it being stuck on “duck duck.” You all remember the game duck duck goose? Well what happens when you get one of those [...]
