Beth’s Blog
I've been blogging since 2012.
It’s no coincidence that’s less than a year after my second divorce, and what I thought was the end of my goal-oriented life. I write about unifying life experiences—often the stuff people think but don’t say out loud.
You will find posts on both overcoming traumatic events and achieving goals including the following topics:
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- divorce
- having cancer (leukemia) and a Bone Marrow Transplant
- mom/daughter dynamics
- raising a teenager
- single-parenting
- dating as an almost 40-year-old (not) virgin
- Christianity
- becoming an avid marathoner
- and empty-nesting.
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Oh…and I write a lot about leadership, career development, corporate culture and USING YOUR VOICE in the workplace. #changeyourtone.
Latest on the blog
It Doesn’t Even Matter that I’m Italian…
Because when you are in a Master’s Program trying to frantically remember how any human being can read this.much.stuff in any kind of time- let alone 7 short weeks when real life doesn’t slow down – nationality doesn’t matter. And the one thing I do know with certainty is that Paul was definitely not Italian. Question […]
AlphaLimaWhiskeyAlpha…
I have learned so much this week my head is near exploding. Sometimes a week is filled with one main theme, or one thing in which we were busiest or made the most progress. We can look back on a Friday afternoon as we count down the minutes until 5 o’clock and go, “Man, I […]
Prison Break
Not once did I check Facebook today. Not once. The second the urge struck, I instead picked up a real book with no face and studied about Paul. Suck it, Mark Zuckerberg.
It’s as easy as looking up.
Intramurals. Classes. Friends. Football games. Relationships. Sorority life. Volunteering. Socializing. Sleep(?). Midterms. Exercising. Family back home. Internships. Resumes. This summer. Next summer. Next weekend. College students are busy people. Just ask any Mom who dropped her kid off at a Big Ten College campus seven weeks ago and has been catapulted into a brand new season of […]
Vegas: Part 1
I have been to Vegas and back three times this month. Well, not really. I have been to Las Vegas literally once during that time and metaphorically, twice. On Monday the 14th, I arrived at The Venetian for a week long work conference. We all know a work week in Vegas is about 4 days […]
Divergence
Her mother had taught her many things, namely, that “one day when you become a mother you’ll understand.” How right she was, not that Mary-Kate – MK to her friends – would ever admit it. She loathed admitting anyone knew more than she did, let alone her own mother. But that was when she was […]
Run Along Now
Yesterday I got a massage. I’ve had hundreds over the years so it was nothing new, per se, and to be sure, I am definitely a massage connoisseur. I know what I like and I know what I don’t; I am also completely unapologetic for reaching that self-aware benchmark as well as the ability to […]
New Life
“What?!?” I scream-typed back in a text. “I’m pregnant!” she responded again, as if we had different English teachers growing up and I was now somehow unable to read. “I AM SO SO HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS AND WHY ARE WE STILL TEXTING?” Three seconds later I heard her laugh as she picked up the […]
Unstoppable
I hate today. I usually wake up pre-alarm, happy, smiling, and ready to take on the day, but today was not like that. Today I was crying before I even thought about the act of it, before I thought about the reason I would undoubtedly be crying again just like I have been every day […]
