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This past Sunday morning, I ran in the Dirty Spokes 10K trail run at a local state park. 10K… 6.2 miles… not something that was new to me. 6.2 miles on the trails — very new. A friend from high school told me about it on Facebook. I thought, “Suuure. I can do this. I’m a runner. I’m an [...]
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I planned to do a video post today. I failed. I will do what I learned from sports. I’ll try again. Have you admitted a failure recently?
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“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill Have your kids played in a sports league? Did you notice how everyone gets a trophy? My friend who teaches Physical Education in a local elementary school told me that she is not allowed to teach competitive games where there are losers [...]
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*On Casual Fridays, we make recommendations about books, websites, movies, etc. We would love to hear your Casual Friday recommendations, too. A friend at school sent me the e-mail below. Her inspiring friend was featured on NBC 13′s Spirit of Alabama segment. I was very thankful for her e-mail. I hope you enjoy the links as much as I [...]
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Among my many roles (mother, wife, business owner, science teacher, runner, blogger, friend), I am a high school softball pitching coach. I have been giving pitching lessons for over 20 years and have probably worked with at least a thousand pitchers. A lot of what I do at this point is by intuition, as my [...]
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Speaking! Nif and I have over 70 years of combined experience with the skill, yet today when Nif and I tried to start on the first podcast for StrongMothers, we struggled badly. After 2 hours of work, we have a whopping 34 seconds of our first podcast finished. Our intro, with thanks to Nif’s Hubs, [...]
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StrongMothers recently supported a LiveSTRONG team with several members from the Birmingham area. We want to share the e-mail we received from Beth Uhlman about the event. Beth is a teacher and coach in Hoover, Alabama. Beth lost her Strong Mother to cancer in her early teens, so this ride was very personal to her. [...]
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Ever wanted the perfect song to let a friend know you care? Sometimes when we are grieving or exhausted we need someone to pray on our behalf or “stand in the gap“. I have so many friends with so many needs right now. I cannot remember a time in my life when I have needed [...]
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Think about situations that you, family members, or friends have been in where there were obstacles, setbacks, or trauma. What did you or your family member do in order to survive? Many years ago, one of my very best friends was pregnant with her first child. In the first trimester, she miscarried, and came to [...]
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