Have you ever had a conversation with someone that in the end made you really grateful for your own life? It happens from time to time with me, rarely, but it does happen.
Recently I have had one of those conversations.
Usually, though, conversations with folks leave me with a desire for something more in my [...]

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Well, I survived a round trip, in the car, with my 15 year old daughter driving. She has had her permit for a few weeks now. I let her drive out to the next town (a mere 15 or 20 minutes away). I took her down one of the busiest and most insane main thoroughfares; [...]

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I should NOT NOT NOT be in here blogging right now. I have to learn how to tame my emotions. This may be a great exercise this evening; blogging while intoxicated with emotion.
Over the next several months I am going to try to simplify my life which means giving up a lot. Also, there will [...]

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WOW. So The Girl is another year older, she is 15 and thinks she is ready to take her driving permit test. We shall see.
But for real, when and how did 15 years get by me so quickly? Seriously? What the heck happened? People used to warn me all the time, they used to say, [...]

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I have lived here, in my little town, since 1991 and I’ve seen a lot of growth. But can you believe I hated going downtown and rarely visited unless I was absolutely forced to go?
That all changed when I took up running and started training with folks who ran downtown on a regular basis. [...]

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WOW. I’m just not into anything right now. I’ve been bogged down other activities and I’m beginning to feel the burnout. I’ve been on the go go go mode for a while now with my running, the holidays throwing me off schedule, fund raising activities, other volunteer committee duties, BSF, and just general stress on [...]

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So yeah, Merry Christmas. And I do mean that. I’ve been kind of disgusted with myself lately because I haven’t had time to keep up with this blog, or write. I have way too much on my plate but WOW, am I ever grateful for it. I am not complaining at all. I [...]

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Yeah, I cheated with this post. How is this cheating you ask? Because I stole it from my other blog at Girl Runner. The following blog post was dated December 1, 2009. So technically it could still count for NaBloPoMo, but still, I didn’t write a fresh blog post TODAY. Oh well.
Anyway, here it is:
Never, [...]

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Good evening my little Christmas bells.
Today I met all of my commitments; a meeting with a tour guide for the marathon visitors. She took me on my 2 mile run, the one that I will be running with visitors while telling them the history of Huntsville. You see, our Rocket City marathon is happening [...]

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Me: (hollering upstairs for him to get in the shower) – “Get in the shower!”
The Boy: “OK”
Me: (several minutes later) – “I don’t hear water running!”
The Boy: “OK, I’m getting in, I was just finishing up watching something on television about Jesus.”
And mom does the ole head tilt and eye squint of suspicion all the [...]

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