Let it Go … It’s Not The End Of The World
You know you made a right choice of letting something go when it feels like a massive weight has been lifted off your shoulders. And I feel that way now. Sometimes you get so caught Read More …
Category: Life
A Boy In Trouble
We often use an acronym in our house: PITB (pronounced PITUB) for Pain In The Butt. It’s basically a G-rated version of PITA, which I am sure you can figure out. 99.9% of the time Read More …
A Sincere Letter To the Women For Tri Board
Dear Women For Tri Board, I’ve been encouraged by people on Twitter to write you this letter, but I have to make it quick since you are meeting as I type. First, to be clear, Read More …
The First Wealth Is Health
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “the first wealth is health” sometime in the early 1800’s, and it is just a true today. For me, I didn’t realize how healthy and happy I was until it was temporarily Read More …
Dreamer Takes A Hike
When I got news from my sponsor Got Chocolate Milk that I would be competing in Ironman Arizona, Joe and I decided to travel the week following the race. I got some looks from the boys’ school, but Read More …
Olay And My Fate Intersect At Oprah’s Life You Want Tour
This past August I was speaking to the good folks at Harpo Productions about Oprah’s Life You Want Tour. It was the biggest, most exciting thing that has happened to me in, ooooh, probably ever. When Read More …
Winners And Losers In A Miami Change of Address
I don’t write negative reviews. If a company sends me product I didn’t like, I simply don’t post and give them feedback directly. My readers know that what makes it on the blog are things Read More …
Racing Takes Meaning: Brianna’s Hopeful Heart
They say time heals all wounds but I disagree. Maybe time can help you breathe again, but some wounds are just too big to ever mend. Ask anyone who has lost a child. Ask my Read More …
Silence To The Naysayers
F*** them (think of a word that rhymes with duck). That’s what my husband Joe says of the naysayers. You know the type. They add nothing of value, but slowly gnaw at your confidence through “well intentioned” Read More …
Being Brazilian About It: O Jeitinho Brasilieiro
Sometimes I’ll say “let’s be Brazilian about it,” and it’s not always flattering. It means taking a short cut bordering on the illegal, so for example, cutting a line in traffic. But many times, the Read More …
