Posting my Friday Favorites today just didn't seem right. This week the running world lost two runners to tragedy and my heart goes out to their families. They will be in my thoughts and prayers. I just finished an hour and fifteen minutes of yoga, which for me, brings enlightenment and perspective. What I want to focus on today is awareness. Most of us live our lives in our own little bubble, focused on our work, family, problems and stresses. When we live in these bubbles we lose ...
Living
Thirty-Six
Today I turn thirty-six. Some people are afraid of getting a year older, but I actually embrace it. The older I become, the more comfortable I become with myself. This year there are a few things I plan on doing for myself: Running the NYC Marathon. Life goal. Make no apologies. I am who I am and that is it. Shed the unwanted baggage. Life is too short to hold onto things and/or people that don't make you happy. Continue to achieve A's in school as I pursue my ...
MIA, Migraines and Life
This post was supposed to be about why I didn't blog last week, where I was, what was happening. This post was supposed to be about my migraines and the fog that enveloped my head every morning. This post was supposed to tell you why these migraines and fog prevented my from writing posts. All of this seems irrelevant right at this moment. My most recent phone call was from my mother to tell me that my sister's best friend died last night. Sudden and tragic. Twenty-five years old. Gone ...
My Thoughts Post Hurricane Sandy
These last couple of weeks since Hurricane Sandy have been a crazy whirlwind, from power outages to gas shortages to the loss of my stepfather to trying to drive around amongst all the downed trees and disable street lights. It has been crazy! I am lucky that I did not suffer much personal loss from the storm, but so many people I know did and it is just horrible. Picking up the pieces is even harder, but we will all survive, rebuild and we will hopefully look back on this terrible time as ...
Live Life-In Memory of my Stepfather Richie 10/16/59-11/2/12
I wrote this post right after I found out that my stepfather was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This a terrible disease for which there is no cure and even with treatment the prognosis is usually less than a year. His prognosis was 3-6 months......... One month after his diagnosis my stepfather, Richie, passed away at the age of 53 on 11/2/12. I mourn for him and for the life he should have been able to complete, but couldn’t because of this terrible disease. This post is for you ...