A couple days ago someone wrote to me and asked me how I trained for the Boston Marathon. She wants to be able to run a race (not necessarily a marathon, but any race), but just can’t see herself being able to do it. She wanted to know if I was a runner before, if […]
Archives for April 2016
Mom, did you used to be pretty?
A couple days ago, I was in the car with Number 3 and he asked me, “Mom, did you used to be pretty?” Used to be? I looked at him in the rear view mirror. “Yeah, I think I used to be pretty,” I told him. I get it. I’m in my late forties. I’m […]
What it’s really like to run the Boston Marathon.
I can’t really give you an accurate description of the Boston Marathon Experience. You really need to be there to know what it’s like. And you really need to run it in order to truly comprehend what it’s like from start to finish. But I’ll do my best to describe it… The weekend before the race you have […]
Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.
The four years I spent on my high school swim team were four of the best years of my life. I learned lessons and developed friendships that I carry with me to this day. It’s pretty common for girls’ swim teams to do just about everything together socially, especially during swim season. One of my […]
Dear Chris Stapleton
Dear Chris Stapleton, I’ve never really been a big fan of country or bluegrass music. So the first time I discovered you was only about five months ago when I saw a video on Facebook of you and Justin Timberlake playing Tennessee Whisky at the CMA awards. Holy shit. I was obsessed. I think I watched that […]
I did it.
I did it. I did it without stopping. I did it in the heat that sent over 2200 runners to tents for medical attention. I did it with two kids who were up puking in the middle of the night the two nights before. I did it in spite of all the crap we have […]