- Celebrating while being honest about disappointments
- Rebecca—A 1,000 Mile Journey, Because She Can!
- Tuesday’s Treat — Avocado, Vegetable & Feta Wrap
- The Video: Janet Oberholtzer’s Inspiring Story — Running, Because I Can!
- Remembering the lives lost at the Boston Marathon
- Do we need to find hope while others are devastated?
- Thinking about drawing our own lines
- Thinking about how we look for reasons when we hear tragic news
- Because I Can & I Think I Can, I Think I Can
- Thinking about Memories, Pain and Post Traumatic Stress
Category Archives: Interviews
Thinking About Running for Myself and for Others
I first started running at age 28 after having 3 babies in less than 5 years and I soon realized how beneficial running was for me. The actual act of running didn’t always feel good, but I liked how I felt during …
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Troy Roland—Hockey and Running, Because He Can!
This is post four in a series of sharing your inspiring stories in my quest to take over the negative news media by sharing positive, inspiring stories from others who are… doing what they can, with what they have, where they are. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ …
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Running Truly is for All Ages
This is post three in a series of sharing your inspiring stories in my quest to take over the negative news media by sharing positive, inspiring stories from others who are… doing what they can, with what they have, where they are. …
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Your Story: Living Each Day Well–Because She Can
This is post two in a series of sharing your inspiring stories in my quest to take over the negative news media by sharing positive, inspiring stories from others who are… doing what they can, with what they have, where they are. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ …
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Sharing our Stories… Because We Can
I do what I can, with what I have… Because I can. Because I’m breathing. Because it gives me meaning and joy. Because life goes on even though I have a new normal. Because the beauty in life didn’t end …
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An Interview with Joy Bennett
I did a Skype interview with the lovely Joy Bennett from Joy in the Journey this week. Thankfully I sat slightly different and my eyes didn’t have quite as much of a Lady Gaga look as they did in the other …
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My Lady Gaga Look
Lisa DeLay likes people, she likes ninjas and she likes to learn… so she’s combined all three into a cool Ninja Interview series. Well, it was a cool series until she added an interview with me to the lineup… I …
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After Shocks from Haiti with Kent Annan
My thoughts continue to stay with Haiti this week… thinking of 500,000 people still displaced from the earthquake almost two years ago. As I make a cup of coffee, as I eat healthy (or not so healthy) food, as I take …
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Friday Read: My Amish Roots by Shawn Smucker
I enjoy connecting with other writers online and it’s great when they live close enough that we can actually meet in person. I’ve been reading Shawn Smucker’s blog for a year or two and he lives nearby, so we’ve met …
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Audio of Seasons of Solace by Janelle S. Hertzler
Janelle Shantz Hertzler’s rosy view of life was shattered when her husband was killed by a drunk driver and she soon discovered that major loss set in motion all kinds of other “lesser” losses, which she also had to learn to …
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