Lessons in Perspective – Ironman Style
Perspective is an amazing thing. Just over a week ago, I completed an Ironman (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run – 140.6 miles in 14h:23m:27s). When I signed up six months ago, I was sure this would be the hardest thing I’d ever do. April 29th...
Read More
Emptiness….
It’s a feeling I expected, but I’m experiencing it in a way that I didn’t expect. I expected to miss her. To think of things I wanted to share with her and not be able to. To open her bedroom door and be surprised when she wasn’t there. I...
Read More
Unveiling our Warts
Guilt is powerful.It is not always rational,but it can be ever present. When it is quiet and I think back to April 29th, there is guilt… Guilt that I was not able to save, or at the very least, protect my daughter. Guilt, that out of all of us...
Read More
It’s Okay… To Have No Filter
Gifts can come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they even come in the most unlikely packages or places. My cousin’s daughter has one of those unlikely gifts. She has an inability to filter and therefore Rylie, and what happened, are in their family’s conversations all day long. While...
Read More
The Gift in the Tragedy
There is an emptiness in my heart. Sometimes it feels as though it will swallow me whole, but then I take a deep breath. I know I have two choices. I can let it swallow me, or I can choose to use that feeling and learn more. Share more....
Read More
Human Touch
Human touch is a powerful thing. It is a universal way to communicate emotion. I can’t think of a time that I’ve been touched by someone and not known exactly how they feel about me. I hold on to that belief because right now, it is the way we...
Read More