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When Life Gives You Lemons

when life gives you lemons

There are times in life that I need a little extra boost of confidence or encouragement. Like when I get a rejection from a bucket list publication. Or a project falls through. Or the scale keeps going up no matter how much I diet. This is when I seek the type of encouragement that borders […]

Filed Under: Get Inspired, Parenting Tagged With: inspiration, sports, writing

Bonding Over Shopping And Sports

lululemon

Many mothers and fathers bond with their sons and daughters through sports. Some go to games together. Some toss balls together. Some huddle together in front of the TV. When my son turns on a basketball game or football game on TV in our den, I sit down on the couch to watch it with […]

Filed Under: Empty Nest, Midlife musings, Parenting Tagged With: bonding, daughters, family, love, shopping, sports

Love On The Run

love running

When I was in high school I realized my afternoon dance-a-thons in front of a full-length mirror in my bedroom weren’t keeping me in the girlish shape of my prepubescent youth. Refusing to give up cafeteria glazed donuts, I needed a plan. So I started running. In the 1980s we called it jogging. Use the […]

Filed Under: Love Tagged With: high school, love, running, sports

I’ve Been Called Many Things, Sporty Isn’t One Of Them

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If you found yourself on this page, rest assured I haven’t gone all sporty on you and joined a team. No, no, no. That would never happen. I might break a nail. Those of you dear readers who keep up with me, know that I’ve gone back to school. And I thought you might be […]

Filed Under: Blogging & Writing Tagged With: graduate school, sports, sports writing, sporty spice, USC, writing

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