Leaves of Change

Yesterday my daughter gave me a leaf.   It has dried up a bit since she gave it to me, but I was instantly fascinated by its beauty. I love how you can still see the green veins running through it, seeing the hint of the life that used to be. As I stared at the leaf, taking in its beauty, I was thinking of how...

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A Little Help From My Friends

This weekend was difficult. Saturday morning the kids and I set up at Summit Ave and West River Parkway to offer nourishment, water and encouragement to my fellow Team World Vision runners as they completed the 20 mile training run in preparation for the Twin Cities Marathon. It was a beautiful day to run, the weather was perfect. ...

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You Are Beautiful

As most of you probably already know, I'm currently training for a marathon.  A marathon that was never anything that I wanted to do, but something I felt God was telling me to do. Here's the thing about training for a marathon, it is HARD.  No one says, hey, let's go run 23 miles because that sounds like a lot of fun, but that...

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