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I first got the inspiration to start journaling from my sister, Annie. She created a blog when she studied abroad in college. I remember reading the blog and feeling like I was meeting her for the first time. I’ve known her since the day she was born and it was through her writing that I felt like I understood her the best. So I started writing stuff down in hopes that through writing I just might discover myself and maybe meet myself for the first time…
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Noah And The Grinch
11.10.23 My friends Jake and Nicki have a sixteen-month-old daughter named Noah. I recently learned that Noah LOVES the new cartoon Grinch movie. Noah’s vocabulary is limited, but she has figured out how to request her favorite holiday flick. The other night she gave her parents the “Groosh” request (her best attempt at the tricky
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All Things New
9.12.23 Taking a memory or a feeling and putting it into words isn’t easy… but I like trying. Early this past June, a few members of the Marquette Lacrosse staff went to lunch with our friend Kurt. Kurt was sixteen years old and had been battling a terminal illness for a while. We loved Kurt.
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Nap On A Park Bench
5.17.23 One of the benefits of being a coach is getting the schedule of the higher education system. For example: fall break, where a random Thursday and Friday become off days for students. This past year, our fall break came in late October, on the tail end of arguably the most rigorous stint of the
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Blue Ink and Grace
3.6.23 Last night I pulled a warm load of laundry out of the dryer. As I went to fold my clothes, I noticed blue stained spots on a handful of my favorite articles of clothing. It turns out, one of my blue Uniball pens was left in one of my pockets and made its way
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Winning The Comparison Battle
1.12.23 It’s hard not to compare ourselves to other people. I know I find myself comparing more than I care to admit. Our world seems to make it pretty easy to compare (take social media for example), but the truth is comparing ourselves to other people never seems to lead us to peace with who
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Open The Window
12.12.22 Leadership is an interesting concept. I’ll use my personal profession of coaching to make my point. As a coach, you have influence on those who you coach, but at the end of the day, you can’t do it for them. It being the workouts, the school work, the film study, the small daily decisions,
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