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:
-
-
- 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.
-
Oh…and I write a lot about leadership, career development, corporate culture and USING YOUR VOICE in the workplace. #changeyourtone.
Latest on the blog
On Family
There’s no way to do this topic justice, so suffice it to say I will do my best to not be my typical verbose, yet somehow convey the understood. My parents and younger sister made the 3:45 trek here yesterday afternoon for Liv’s birthday. We do what we always do: ordered pizza, played euchre, made fun […]
Happy Birthday, Bean.
17 years ago tomorrow, February 23rd, my one and only child was born. The anticipation of that day overwhelmed me. I was 23 and of course, knew everything there was to know about being a Mom based on “What To Expect When You’re Expecting” told me. I read that book out loud daily, as well […]
In My Prime
It’s Prime Time Friday. What’s that mean you ask? Different things to different people, I’m sure; however, to me it means the following: sitting in my kitchen listening to a playlist of the same name, one glass of Riesling poured, one Greek pizza in the oven (what’s up with Greek / Hawaiian / Mexican pizza anyway? […]
Where’d You Go Bernadette
(Exactly 2 months to the day from now…the Boston Marathon.) Think way back to the last time you worked out. For me, it seems like forever ago even though it was at 5:30 this morning. It feels so long ago to me because it wasn’t one of my best performances. I was excruciatingly tired and […]
Running in Shorts…Almost
Can I write a blog in 18 minutes or less? What am I, lining up at a race? Can I run this thing in under 21 minutes…in under 46 minutes…in under 1:45…in under 3:45… 17 minutes. Let’s go. When Boston training began at the end of November, my crazy running buddies publicly declared that regardless of weather, […]
Recovery
Hey, whaddya know, it’s snowing. Goooood Morning, Fort Wayne! You know it’s been a brutal winter when you were out running around yesterday in 24 degree weather and all you had on was a hoodie. My feet hit the floor roughly 45 minutes ago and I was instantly reminded of 17 little miles yesterday. The new […]
Training, Mothering, and What I Got for Valentine’s Day
Apparently it’s been 11 days since the last post; I assure you, it has not been 11 days since I’ve run. Last Saturday, we ran for 2 hours on not so great terrain. And by ‘not so great’ I mean I face-planted on the way back. Thankfully, since it was so cold, all the Michelin […]
Day Whatever
WARNING: If sentence structure, grammatical correctness and unoffensive etymology are your preferences, just stop while you’re ahead. Because while I know how to write like that, none of it will be happening right now. I am in a mood. Once, a religious shrink concluded after an hour and a half of listening to my thoughts […]
Traditions, Celebrations, and 82 days
Last year, when I was campaigning for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, something crazy happened. I qualified for the Boston Marathon. Finally. In the midst of what can only be described as a complete and utter whirlwind, where 3-4 hours of sleep per night became the norm and a 17-day stint of pneumonia threatened to […]
