Dear C, First of all, thank you for your affirmations! I appreciate your encouragement so much. As you probably know, it is my tendency to focus on where I/we are lacking/weak and because of this I too often forget to just acknowledge and celebrate that which I/we have done and are doing well. So thank [...]
Posts Tagged ‘training’
Parenting 101
Posted in Parenting, Thoughts, tagged boundaries, discipline, parenting, teaching, training on 07/15/2011 | 9 Comments »
19 and Married!?!
Posted in Memory Lane, Thoughts, tagged dating, intentional living, marriage, purity, relationship, training on 12/19/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear R, I feel honored that you have asked for my thoughts! I hope they will be a blessing to you and your wife and son and his girlfriend. Short answer: If I had to do it over, I would still get married at 19. Longer answer: After seven years of marriage and many years of watching friends date, [...]
Humbled by a Hill (Or More Like A Lot of Hills)
Posted in Running, tagged 1/2 marathon, breakfast, compete, Garmin, goals, humbled, marathon, miles, race day, running, running hills, training, Women's Running Magazine Women's Half Marathon on 10/12/2010 | 8 Comments »
It is 11pm as I lay here on our living room couch and stare at this computer screen, pondering the day’s event, my blistered toes throbbing, my shredded muscles aching, my tired head pounding… 13.1 miles. 1 hour and 54 minutes and 30 seconds. An 8 minutes and 45 seconds per mile average. The hardest I have [...]
Midnight Flight
Posted in Running, tagged exercise, health, peace, quiet time, running, training on 09/15/2010 | Leave a Comment »
my feet enduring withstand the pounding my legs strong propel me forward my abs taut hold me together my side aches begs me to slow down my arms pump rapidly in rhythm with my feet my breath accelerated and deep hungry for more my eyes open my vision clear my ears astute my mind quieted my hair whipped [...]
