When You Can’t Move On, Do This!

Several years ago a very painful event dropped me to my knees and I didn’t think I’d ever get up. “I just don’t know how to go forward,” I said to my good friend Erica. (Yes, the same Erica from my last blog post about not settling for a life you don’t love!) “I just…

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Why You Should Not Settle for a Life You Don’t Love

I love dogs because everything they feel, they reveal. When they are happy, they show us their unmitigated joy with the most beautiful, exuberant expressions of mind and body. People, in contrast, are often hesitant to seek joy for themselves and celebrate joyous moments when they are lucky enough to find them. Why is this?…

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Why I Love Crossfit

It’s 2:35 a.m. and I am up and at it, writing a blog entry before I leave for Crossfit at 4:30. Pretty much every morning, Monday through Friday, I get up, pour myself a cup of ambition, and head out the door to the 5:00 a.m. class at Slaton Kinesiology in Magnolia, AR.    I’d been…

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It’s Now or Never!

The woman in this picture is Colleen Sillito. I met Colleen in junior high; we ran track together. In October of 2015, Colleen was killed in her driveway by an ex-boyfriend. The world lost an artist, a musician, a loving, altruistic, kind, funny, insightful, mother of five, and lover of one of the most amazing…

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Early Birds

I grew up in a small town on the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada–Port Elgin. Legend has it that National Geographic once declared that Port Elgin has the second best sunsets outside of Hawaii. Most people from the town claim this honor though I have yet to meet anyone who has ever laid…

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First Cup

So here it goes–my first blog post on my brand, spanking new blog. I’ve had a couple of other blogs before, but my heart did not stay with them. This one is different though. That’s because it is “set” in the framework of a coffee house. I LOVE coffee houses. I’m talking about ones like…

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