Life's Little Inspirations

“I Run Because I Can”   ~Wendi Kelly

The quote up above was my mantra when I slowly but surely crossed the finish line of  the first—and so far only— marathon of my life. Slow, slow slow, …

I think it’s kind of funny that I just participated in a Life Balance Project at Stacey’s Blog over at Create A Balance.  It was nice of her to let me in. Maybe she should have barred the door when she saw me coming. There were a lot of great …

It isn’t easy balancing all the different areas of our lives. Sometimes it feels as if we are hanging on to a giant bunch of colorful balloons and if we aren’t holding on tightly to every single string then …POOF! There …

You can do anything you want in life, you just can’t do everything all at once.
~ Bobbi LaBelle
Hanging above my desk on a bright red ribbon, is a large heavy square bronze medal. It is one of my most treasured possessions. Engraved on it are the words:
24th Columbus Marathon
 October …

Another birthday week has passed us by in our birthday intense family. No worries, there will be more. Between my large family and my Irish husband’s clan, there is never a shortage of birthday cake and parties to go around. Never a lack of reasons to gather the troops, fire up the …