Kindness is Always Worth It Some may never have gotten read.Some may have hit the trash immediately after the last word was read.But perhaps a few made a child feel special. Perhaps a few made a child feel like they were seen, valued and wanted in camp this summer. That’s why I wrote over 200 […]
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The Importance of Asking for Help “Don’t be ashamed of needing help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up – so what?”—Marcus Aurelius, Meditation 7.7The most powerful man in the world, the emperor of Rome at
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Sneaky Lessons Anyone relate to this way of thinking…As I was doing the morning animal chores, I saw some dog poop in the front gardens so I picked it up. Then I saw some weeds growing between the stone steps, so I grabbed those. Then I saw some more and pulled them. 30min later the
Labor Day We are a proud union family, my girls have grown up visiting their dad either at his full time job as a Lt. with the Iowa City FD or at North Liberty FD where he spends 30hrs/week as an assistant chief.Vivi and I met Bill for the very first time at the fire
Ground Yourself in Purpose I have been failing at the whole social media game recently. Not creating content that connects. Not creating an engaged community. Not feeling like I’m making a difference or doing a good job in getting in front of audiences that I can truly help. I leaned into the “blah” feelings as
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We Get To Control Our Response An interesting thing happened on the way home last night from the XC meet.As we turned onto the main road home, a popular road for cyclists in the area, we came upon a cyclist.He saw us and then moved into the center of the road, then to one side
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Be Proud of How You Live Each Day Tomorrow isn’t promised, yet we live today as though it is.Last week Bill was called out to a horrific car accident on the interstate. He came home and talked me through the rescue, taking the time to process it as sadly not enough first responders do. He
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Cross Country Life Lessons Everyone Should Follow 1) Your race doesn’t finish until all of your teammates cross the line. If you finish ahead of the pack, you now get to help those behind you finish. Going back and cheering for those who finished behind me was a non negotiable. The same goes for life-
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Amor fati. Love your fate. I didn’t want to hustle to the mall right after my final team building/ emotional intelligence workshop ended, to get my daughter to her skating lesson and tackle school supply shopping at target. And when the figuring skating daughter wasn’t ready to go right away, I felt myself rise to
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That’s a wrap! It’s a wrap!My 9th summer of camps is officially done and today managed to be the hardest, most exhausting camp yet- which just is on brand for how I do things.I ended the summer leaving nothing on the table, giving it my all- never phoning it in. Even in 2020 when most