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Begin Again
The universe is trying to get my attention today. On the ride to work this morning, the radio station I listen to played “Fight Song”. On the ride home from work this afternoon, the same radio station played “Fight Song” again. Both times that I heard the song I was shoveling fast food into my… →
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Reflections
With it being exactly two weeks since I completed my first 5K, and exactly one week since I last went running, I am struck this week with a feeling of frustration. My stomach has not felt well in days and I’m nearly certain it’s because of my unintentional break from healthy eating. There are more… →
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I finished.
Better than I could have imagined. I think that adequately sums up my experience running a 5K for the first time last Saturday. The weather that morning was very mild, unlike previous years that caused me to bundle up tightly when volunteering early on race day. With my husband and his mother accompanying me, I… →
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My family is crazy, and other facts about my life this month…
I don’t mean crazy in the fun, free-spirited way, I mean that they have lost their minds. Or have they? The short hand version of this foray into the psyche of the minds of my family is that my father, who walked out on my mother and I 16 years ago and who… →
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Sexy and I Know It
Several years ago there was some sort of trend on Facebook for a brief day or two. It consisted of your friends picking out the sexiest picture of you from the photos you had on your page. I could be completely wrong about what it actually entailed, but I do remember that a good friend… →
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I Should Have Smiled
“Everybody should have a standing ovation at least once in their lives.” So says the main character in a novel I just finished reading with my 5th graders. The young man who states this opinion has a severe facial deformity and is inadvertantly the center of attention wherever he goes. As he experiences adolescent life… →
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Thank you, Tim McGraw.
Each time that I have stepped on the scale in the past two weeks, I have been dismayed. A time or two, the numbers have gone up, other times, they have stayed the same. I replaced the batteries in my scale out of paranoia that I had gained back the weight I had lost as… →
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Motivation and validation
I go to sleep at night thinking about what it will be like running in my first 5K in March. I get more and more excited about it each day that I put on my running shoes and complete another Couch to 5K session. Prior to starting my training, I just wanted to be able… →
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They took me seriously.
With Christmas not even being over for a full 24 hours, it is easy to look at yesterday and know that I am blessed. While I haven’t spent a Christmas with my family in more years than I can remember, my husband and his mother have made it so that it’s not that big of… →
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What day am I on anyway?
They say it takes 21 days to make a habit. The box of nicotine patches I bought in college said it would take 10 weeks to break the smoking habit. I did it in two. This diet and exercise habit of mine is not at the 21 day mark yet, but it has felt like… →