Pursuit of a courageous, adventurous & grace-filled life.
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I find it much more encouraging to be affirmed in my values than in the way I look.
I am In the textures of trying— the ruts, cracks, rocks, vistas. They keep getting harder. More powerful. More determined. So do I.
When I was sixteen years old, I met a nurse named Dawn on one of the hardest days of my life.
Sure, “I’m fine.” As in “fragile in flesh.” As in cautiously moving, aware of the line. Where my fortitude crumbles and humanity shines.
Anytime we place our identity or worth in something we do, we’re setting up scaffolding that is bound to crumble underneath us.
“This” became “then” and I started to fall. Crash, if I’m honest, hitting one ledge of loss after another on my way down.
What’s brittle will break, but what’s brave will bruise and blossom. I’m aiming to be the latter.
Among runners, there’s strong value placed on hard work. I get it, and I’ve lived it. But sometimes, the hardest thing we can do as humans is to not do.
Coach, some of the most marvelous student-athletes are under your leadership this season. They’re also incredibly impressionable