Adventures of a marathon girl

Hi y'all, Y'all have been around long enough to know that my mom suffered from ALS and for the observant readers: that's right I'm writing in past tense. Her suffering came to an end on Monday june 18th 2018, ten days after she turned 70. She has left the disease and us in a beautiful and sereen moment with all of us standing by her side as she left us. The week that followed was unreal and weird and now...seven days after my mom's passing and her cremation I have woken up in my own house feeling  a bit out unworldly. Not sure what to do and therefore I turned to the one thing I do know....running. My body and mind have been struggling with the all of ALS and I no longer recognize me when I look at me. So I figured that I really do need to put all of the emotions in perspective and take time to heal but how do you do that? I feel like somehow I am not grieving the loss of my mom correctly. I am not overwhelmed with grieve, I am not lost and I fear that I come ac...

Hi y'all, Keep it unreal and make it happen has been my go to catch phrase since the day I decided I was going to run that full marathon. For me that catch phrase has been more than just a motto, it has been my reminder, my pick me up, my kick in the butt and so much more. It has helped me through each and every time disbelief was visible in the face of people. You know the wordless kind with the raised eyebrow, sometimes audible even by added sighs or coughs to stress the effect. Self-doubt has been erredicated by this phrase and shushed to mere whispers entering and leaving my mind. But...this is by no means something that comes naturally and it isn't something you decide to think and than POOOF so it will be for ever and ever. Not by a long shot! My motto is like a mantra I have to repeat over and over again because the only person that can make the unreal happen is me and the only person that truely needs to belief that I am capable of whatever goal I set for myself.but...