Image via Wikipedia The day was crisp and cool, a perfect run day. I pushed off and soon fell into a gentle rhythm. The wind bit my cheeks and I reveled in the sensation of my body awakening to the adrenalin coursing through my body. Today, there were no training notes running through my head [...]
Sunday Inspiration: Number Your Days
January 3, 2010 By 3 Comments
“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”- Psalm 90:12 It is Day 3 of the new year and decade. The celebrations are done, the goal sheets written and today we show up to begin filing the blank palettes that stretch before us. How we number the days will [...]
Ho, Ho, Help!
December 3, 2009 By 16 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Tis the season to be jolly, but for many the holidays are a time of frenzy and stress. The good news of the bad economy is that it has brought us face to face with our rampant appetite for excess. We discovered that we had accumulated much more than we could ever [...]
Victim or Hero? What is Your Story?
September 11, 2009 By 5 Comments
I remember when 9/11 was simply a date on the calendar. That all changed eight years ago. The seemingly insignifcant numbers have come to represent the horrifying events that took place on September 11, 2001. We now speak of them with a hushed reverence and silent tribute to the lives that were lost and prayers for [...]
Reinvention 1.0 – My Story
September 2, 2009 By 25 Comments
Image by 10 Ninjas Steve via Flickr Written by Karen D. Swim This is Part I in a two part story. Several years ago, I had the life I wanted. I had a wonderful husband, a home I loved and a career that challenged and stimulated me. I was happy. Little did I know it [...]
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