We talked about how they didn’t allow women to run marathons for a long time, and I showed her the picture of Kathrine Switzer. I hope my daughter remembers seeing her mom run in a marathon and knows that she can do anything

The walk to the marathon starting line with my daughter. She knew I was nervous and was whispering her best advice to me, which I took. She was very patient over many months of training where I wasn’t as fun sometimes because I was out running for hours on a Saturday, or tired from all the running…

I ran a marathon. 26.2 miles. 💪 I felt strong, never hit the wall, and enjoyed the whole experience. My plan was to stay conservative with my pace, steady, and nail the last tough 6 mile. I did it. Finished in 4:28:36. Happy with it and also know there’s room to improve. I’m so happy. And so so sore

A dream come true. I’m thrilled, honored, and still stunned that my short story “Animal Moments” is featured in the November issue of The Sun. Huge thank you to everyone at The Sun!

Please read and share!

https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/575/animal-moments

“It’s a queen alicorn just starting to fly over the ocean” 💅

A great week at the Oregon coast, full of adventure. Now I start a three-month contract as a managing editor and attempt to balance that with freelancing and my own writing (plus, you know, being a mom, etc) Here we go!