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Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured

NYC Marathon: A Story of Finishing and New Beginnings

First weekend in November is a big deal for Marathoners from all over the world. It’s the ING New York City Marathon. After living in the city for a couple of years, becoming a runner, undertaking a marathon elsewhere and loving it, I decided I wanted to be a part of one of the biggest [...]

Halfway There

If you thought this weekend was all about Independence Day, think again! Today, July 2, marks another cause for reflection — it’s the exact midpoint of the year. We’ve made it through 182 days in 2011, and we’ve got another 182 to go. Time flies, right? Or have the days of 2011 been dragging on [...]

Living By the Rules

I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. Never have, never will. I do, of course, believe in self-improvement, accomplishing new things, and the like. But I have a different method. I set rules for myself. Rules that I do not break — ever. The secret for living by the rules is to make them specific [...]

Going For Goals (without the annoying drone of the vuvuzela)

When I was 24 my life changed forever. I wanted to be a poet. Well, a poet and a mother. And one of those things had finally come to fruition: I had a baby.

Math is hard

Last July I did a brave thing. I overcame my fear of being judged and dragged my sorry and broken body (hip, shoulder, knees and toes) to the gym. A certain gym chain that has a bit of a rep for being a bit of a meat market and sporting a lot of silicone (or [...]

A Lovely January

I get a small chuckle from the collective conscious that hits right after Christmas in the form of pining for springtime. It seems the only winter we want is the couple of weeks around Christmas, the pretty stuff, the stuff that enhances the festive scene. But right after that? No more snow, no more cold, [...]

The Hard is What Makes it great

I’m going to brag a little today. I finished the Chicago Marathon this weekend. Twenty-six point two miles of road, bridges, cheering fans, fluorescent signs, balloons, volunteers, music, bananas, Gu, Gatorade, water, sweat, and yes, some tears. 40,000 runners and over a million spectators crowded themselves onto the streets of the city, undeterred by the [...]

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