Each week my triathlon coach plans my workouts and posts them online for me. I like to look at the workouts in advance so I can plan how I’ll fit them into my busy schedule with my large family and also so I can psych myself up for the really challenging workouts.
It’s still dark outside as I slip into the pool and begin swimming at 5 am.
There will be just enough time to swim, shower and drive home to be with my 6 school-aged children before they leave for school. It’s important to me that I’m available for them both before and after school […]
I lived in an abusive marriage for 27 years.
The first thing that had to happen before I could escape was that I had to begin to see my life for what it really was.
There were a number of events that led up to me finally acknowledging the severity of […]
I’ve been thinking about the post I wrote recently, “What worked for me in 2015” and the more I thought about it, I realized that, while what I wrote it true ~ those things did “work” for me in 2015 ~ the whole story is much more complex than that.
Perhaps you have read […]
Here we are already at the end of 2015. How did that happen so fast?
I love to look ahead into the coming year and make big plans. I love it! So much seems possible for 2016 as I sit here on this last day of 2015.
This year I have decided that it is more important […]
My sixth grade son, Daniel, came home with a school assignment to work on over the weekend. He was asked to find a “family artifact” that told something about our family’s history. I suggested that we look through some old photos and see if any of those interested him.
He chose this wonderful photo […]
Well, to be quite honest, it’s been a challenging week here for me for a variety of reasons, but still, God is good and He continues to “show up” and meet me in my (sometimes extreme) neediness. Truly He is mindful that we are “but dust.” I’m the one who is so surprised, frustrated and […]
If you have a bit of free time this weekend, I’ve got a few interesting articles/blog posts for you. Sift and sort, pick and choose. There are a bunch of different topics here…. hopefully there will be something of interest to you!
Story – David duChemin
David duChemin’s new YouTube channel Vision is […]
Last week I got into an interesting email discussion with my triathlon coach. He has requested that his athletes put links to each workout they had recorded with their Garmin, onto the WorkoutLog online, where he assigns our workouts to us. When he mentioned to his group of coached athletes, for a second […]
Just today I received 3 emails telling me how to “grow my tribe,” “take my blog to the next level,” and “stand out from the crowd.”
You know, it all tempts me. Just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it. Ordinary, normal or average isn’t “cool.” We need to be exceptional!
Except that now, more […]