Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads….
I’ve decided we’re going to do a little Back To The Future trip on She’sWrite. I’ve been bogged down with other things, I haven’t taken the time out to write for myself, and that’s why I started this blog in the first place.
I’ve started posts and never gotten back to them, or finished them but haven’t taken the time to hit “Publish.” So hop on in with me in the Delorean as we go Back To … Read more ...
I’ve got a bad hangover. A cruise hangover. It’s not a headache situation, but more of a belly situation that’s hanging over my jeans. I gained a bunch of weight while on my five-day cruise.
It’s impressive really when you think about it. In five days, FIVE I gained…. (drumroll) Nine pounds. That’s more than my children weighed when they were born. I started off the cruise trying to be good, but that lasted about 45 minutes because of the all-eat-til-you-drop options. Just trying … Read more ...
Have you ever met someone that’s inspired you to change? That’s recently happened to me.
I met Kathy Pacholski. She is a stroke survivor warrior. She was very healthy when she had a stroke 15 months ago, relearned to do practically everything from folding laundry to walking and then on Nov. 6 climbed 103 flights of the Willis Tower.
Impressive, right? I wrote about Kathy’s journey on The Huffington Post here and we talked a lot on the phone. Our conversations would start with … Read more ...
“Tower Up!” That was the rallying cry yesterday. About 2,500 of us met at Chicago’s Willis Tower and climbed 103 flights. Some of us used hand-cycles, some used canes or were tethered to other people. We walked, ran, and even crawled up.
At the Willis Tower SkyDeck, after our climb.
The climb was to raise money for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. I got involved when my trainer started organizing a team to participate in the climb. Since I’d just finished the half-marathon and … Read more ...