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Boston Strong
I am almost glad I didn’t have time to jump on the blog and write a post about the Boston Marathon bombings earlier this week. As a runner and marathoner I immediately felt like the bombings were a personal attack on the sport that I love. A gruesome act of violence, at a such a [...]
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I’m Back at Work!
Did you hear? “It can’t be true Mom! NOOOOOOOOOO!” I am back at work! “But I thought your sole purpose in life was to snuggle with us! Mom- this is awful!” Well, the dogs aren’t thrilled, but I am. I’ve been behind the scenes at work getting back in the swing of things since Monday. [...]
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Find Your Sunshine – My Message
It’s easy to be happy when everything in your life is going right. But when you hit a roadblock or perhaps some bumps along the road it can feel like a heavy cloud sits right over your head. I’m sure we have all been there. Can you feel the rain? It can happen on a [...]
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10 Thoughts on Recovering from Surgery
Hi guys! Wow. It’s been an interesting two weeks. Sinus Surgery is no joke. I was completely out of it for almost a week and have been forced to really take it slow this past week. It wasn’t what I expected and it has been hard to bounce back from. But you can’t keep me [...]
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I Have To Have Sinus Surgery
*HERE IS A LINK TO MY POST SURGERY POST* Rhett and Reina are really upset that they haven’t made a cameo on the blog lately! So to lighten the mood with the heavy news I have to share, I thought I’d let them spread a little cheer first! Those are some pretty ridiculous “serious” [...]
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Baking 101
So I’ve started to feel a little better, but I am still working on building strength in my voice. It’s been a very tedious process. I have to be honest, I’m getting a little bored and getting very tired of being sick. I got so bored the other day I decided to try to bake. [...]
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“Plan Z”-An Update on My Health
*CLICK HERE FOR A LINK TO THE POST ABOUT MY SURGERY* Sometimes things don’t happen as quickly or as easily as you hope. Over the past 6 months I keep re-learning the lesson that things don’t always go the way you plan. I went to Wake Forest University to their Center for Voice and Swallowing [...]
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What’s Wrong With My Voice…
CLICK HERE FOR MY MOST RECENT HEALTH UPDATE For the past 20 months I have been living in fear of losing my voice. For most people not being able to talk with a clear voice is a minor inconvenience, but if you essentially make your living by talking, this is a life altering problem. The [...]
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Frostbite 10K–It’s Not Going to Happen
I wanted to so badly to somehow still run the Frostbite 10K this weekend. I have been struggling with my health, and particularly my voice, since I got sick a week ago Monday. Am I the last person still watching this? Instead of training I’ve caught up on all sorts of TV shows…. Revenge- I’m [...]
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Bad News & Good News
Well, the bad news is I seem to have caught the February crud. I started feeling pretty bad Monday and pushed through the day, but I have been basically curled up in bed since then. The good news is I actually seem to be getting better instead of worse and it doesn’t seem to have [...]






