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Category Archives: Trauma
You Can’t Solve Everything with a Good Run
Oh January, you are so cold, I say out loud as I check the weather app. It’s 7:45 a.m. and 19 degrees. This is Colorado. I could wait a few hours and run in slightly warmer conditions with the sun … Continue reading
Trump Trauma
“A word after a word after a word is power.” – Margaret Atwood The filmstrip of my mind clicks through the scenes ever so quickly this morning – with every footfall that lands and crunches on the fallen leaves blanketing … Continue reading
Seeing With the Soul
When I open my eyes, I am confused that I can see with such clarity – from the neon numbers on the alarm clock to the headlights marching in a line outside my window, to the waning moon. On this … Continue reading
The Twelve Steps
The trail is completely covered in tufts of fluffy white snow that sparkle in the morning sunlight. As I maneuver the slippery cracks and ruts of the route, I notice the trees are still blanketed in heavy snow but that … Continue reading
Posted in Trauma
Tagged addiction, Brene Brown, mental illness, recovery, shame, women's running
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The Good Samaritan – Part II
[This is continuation of a story that couldn’t be told in just 700 words] I was trembling and sobbing with both hands gripping the steering wheel – feeling humiliated and terrified as I focused on my attacker arrogantly jogging from … Continue reading
The Good Samaritan – Part I
As I pull into the dirt parking lot at Chatfield, I feel a tingle rise up the back of my neck and then I physically shiver – it’s that whole-body kind of shiver and it’s not from the brisk early … Continue reading
The Law of Running
Sometimes the run shows us just how human we really are. The sound of my alarm startles me awake at 5:30 a.m. I’m confused. What day is it? Ah, yes, it’s Sunday. Today is my last 22-miler before the 2015 … Continue reading
Love Like Snowball
Love. I wanted it. I needed it. I was starved for it. I was a five. This is the thought that grips my heart as I step outside into the cold, locking the front door behind me. Because today is … Continue reading
Posted in Finding Faith, Trauma
Tagged children, faith, Grace, grandmothers, running, women's running
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Just Leave the Ring on the Rail
Seven years ago today I bolted from the Douglas County Courthouse thinking, ‘How could a 21-year relationship end in a matter of five minutes?’ Just five minutes. That’s all it took for the judge to dissolve something that required a … Continue reading