I grew up about 30 minutes north of the city of Chicago. Blame it on John Hughes and Ferris Bueller, but as soon as I was old enough to travel downtown on the Metra, I […]
Author: runsthroughlife
When I'm not working, running or mom-ing, I am writing. I live in Michigan with my husband, daughter, son and two rescue mutts.
when did a 5k become so hard?
For runners who love long distances or are training for a marathon, a 5k is a breeze. Right? Well, not at 7:30 p.m. on a Sunday night when it’s a steady 88 degrees in full […]
When Life Gives You an inch, how do you take a mile?
Guest Blog Post with Detroit Free Press Marathon, Race Ambassador 2019-2021 I didn’t start running until after I became a mother. I started running after my son was born in an effort to battle the […]
Clark street bridge
Hope wakes me up. Hope is what props me up in bed. Hope is what leads me to meet my mother in the kitchen for coffee, met only by the dim illumination above the stove. […]
wow. just wow.
Today, my daughter played her first competitive basketball game against another team. I arrived at the game (masked) and the only member of my family that was able to attend, since the athletics department at […]
the toil of a middday movie
It is not customary for us to indulge in a midday movie, but it was the last day of vacation and following a rather busy family weekend, we finally had some time to enjoy something […]
family over everything
Whenever I feel them closing in on me
Or need a bit of room to move
When life becomes too fast, I find relief at last
Out in the country (or up north)
so we journal
In December of 2020, she turned nine. And it happened in what seemed to be in the blink of an eye. My daughter went from a baby to a little girl, and now, a girl. […]
a message of love
The hardest days running outdoors are the days that I often find the most peace. In the case of this weekend, the temperatures were FRIGID! When I tell people I’m a runner, one of the […]
snowfall
“when you fall down, just get up again.” – Lindsey vonn Sundays I’m usually riddled with anxiety. It’s hard to know that you are ready to spend an entire day “off” just getting ready for […]
