This morning, as I read the latest article in the N&O about the ever present year-round situation in Wake County, I couldn't help but reflect on what my life was like back in the spring of '07, when I had a rising kindergartner in the midst of the full on war between the Wake County School Board and the Wake County Commissioners.  After looking back on a blog that…
Yesterday afternoon, I decided I would drop everything to sit down and watch a movie with my nearly four year-old daughter, Brooke.  After a brief battle of the wills, which of course I lost, we settled on the movie, Little Women. We watched a newer version featuring Wynona Ryder, Claire Danes and Susan Sarandon, a copy of which my father had only recently sent to Mary, Brooke'…
The day I decided to start to write about my running was the same day I had a brief moment of insanity and committed to run a half-marathon with a friend. At the time, I had not run with any true dedication, other than chasing my children,  in nearly six years.  I've chosen to document my way back into the sport here in this blog, in the hopes that it wil…