Choosing Happiness & Focusing on the Positive

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How many of us are pushing, pushing, pushing to get things done? Driving our children to activities, rushing to a meeting (and sometimes we’re not even sure why we’re in attendance), up late getting last-minute projects completed, and feeling like we need to stay on the phone with a person who never gives us the [...]

Mother’s Day is Just around the Corner

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With Mother’s Day in a little more than one week, my daughters started asking me what I’d like as a gift. As a single mom, my first response is “Please bring me coffee and be nice to me all day.” My kids are genuinely good kids, so the “be nice to me” is basically a request to [...]

Mad about Running

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Yes, I admit it: I’ve gone mad! This running thing has taken over and I’m actually setting a goal of running a Half Marathon this year. My journey started in January. My goal was to “do” (whatever that meant…maybe run/walk/cry at some point) the Cooper River Bridge Run, a 10K. The commitment was easy because [...]

My New Relationship

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I’ve been waiting for many years to have the desire to run, wanting to be one of those women who effortlessly and beautifully ran with ease in their adorable outfits and cool shoes. At least once a year, I’d make an attempt, but failed to keep at it because it didn’t come easily. Then, this [...]