As Robert Brault said, “Enjoy the little things in life…for one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things.” It’s green lights all the way. It’s a soulful conversation with a stranger. It’s a letter from someone you love. It’s the $20 bill you...
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Working since I was 14 years old when I was first offered a job at a hospital after being a candy striper, life has always been go-go-go. It has never been slow. Work and school, work and then work, marriage and kids, deployment and then death, then the...
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There is one activity essential to training specifically for a Tunnel to Towers climb. If you want to climb the stairs in a skyscraper for Tunnel to Towers, one AMAZING foundation that has climbs all over the country, there is one thing you need to do to...
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I will not diet. I love chocolate. Chocolate makes me happy. I believe in sugar free-dom which for me more often than not means abstinence. Yet when you are a parent who loves to bake with your kids, avoiding sweet treats can be a challenge. Usually I aim to...
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Have you ever wanted to do something, big or small, but you let fear stop you? You let fear of failure stop you? You let negative self-talk convince you that you cannot do that thing (whatever it may be)? Follow my journey from committing to the Rugged...
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Nikola Rosa is an artistic rendering of the soul that has come to exist after rising from the ashes. Her thoughts are from Nancy Gass, and yet they are in some ways, a different person entirely. We all have hearts and souls that are a deep ocean of complexity and this dichotomy is no different.