Discovering Hope in Despair
Day 1: 1.12 MilesMy plan for today was to come home after work, run all the puppies, then grab Helios and head to the park.I have been mentally preparing, and mapping the logistics out, for this day, for about 10 days.Well, a funny thing happened. A funny thing called life.My coworkers have been dropping like …
Continue reading Little Steps: Day 1 – The mile that almost wasn’t
5 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 7hrs, 38mins Or 25.63 weeks Or 180 days At my last counseling session a couple weeks ago, I shared my love of the Iditarod. He asked me what drew me to the Iditarod. What did I find so appealing about a 1000 mile race through insane conditions and terrain? …
I began my living list on April 30th, 2018 and I left it as a draft. I started it shortly after having emergency gallbladder removal surgery. You know...the surgery where I almost died. And I have periodically added to this list since. I consciously chose not to post it because I knew there would be …
Continue reading The Loving Myself Journey: Gate #9 – My Living List
We joined the BPSA scouts in Sept 2017. I wanted my kids to participate in scouts. To gain an appreciation of the outdoors that I thought only scouts could provide. But I was against what was happening politically and socially in the BSA at the time. And I felt like Girl Scouts spent too much …
Continue reading How Being a Rover Scout, Helped me Discover My Love of the Iditarod
I do not know how to start this post. So let me just get straight to the point. I have always known what has been holding me back from experiencing life. But I have always been in denial. Or maybe ignorant? I have always known what lays at the center of my pain. What is …
Continue reading The Loving Myself Journey: Gate #8 – A Little Step to the Summit
I am a daughter, wife, and a mother. I am a scout leader. I am a full time employee. I am a graduate with her MBA. I have a lot of surface layer labels. But who am I? Underneath the surface? Am I a lover of music? Reader of pages? Writer of words? Am I …
Continue reading The Loving Myself Journey: Gate #7 – Who Am I?
It has taken me 2 weeks to finish this post. And I edited the first attempt so many times that a goldfish wouldn't even be able to follow along. So I decided I needed to start fresh. And maybe this time, examine why this topic is so important to me, yet so hard to write …
Continue reading The Loving Myself Journey: Gate #6 – Define Let It Go. Attempt #2
I identify as the gender I was assigned at birth. So was my oldest. And my husband. My mom. Aunt. Papa. You get the point. When I walk in to a room full of people, there is usually at least one person like me - a female. An assigned at birth, female. I dont have …
