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to encourage your heart and
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to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
Five Minute Friday – Happy
Well, isn't this a treat... I get to participate in Five Minute Friday tonight! I've been away for a number of weeks, and last week I was busy peddling our tandem bicycle with my husband across the state of Iowa on RAGBRAI. Yep, 450.5 miles in seven days on two wheels...
How Nine Words Of Truth Stopped Me
Her words clipped my heart. They stung my ears and punched me in the stomach. They seemed to come from nowhere, and I wasn't expecting them. I have it within me to fight when I'm attacked, and here, I wanted to lash back. Welling up were my emotions, and followed was...
Wrapping Up Our RAGBRAI 2016 Adventure
We are home, and are in the midst of what I like to call "re-entry" back into the real world. Oh, don't get me wrong. Last week was real... very real. It was an adventure of epic proportions, where my husband and I bicycled across the state of Iowa on our tandem with...
RAGBRAI 2016 Update 7
Today might have been one of the most thrilling days of my life. Seriously. We left Washington early... before 6:30am, but happened upon a local coffee shop before leaving town. Yes! I imagine it's quite comical seeing me on the back of our tandem holding my...
RAGBRAI 2016 Update 6
**Note** I wrote this post last evening while in our tent, however I couldn't finish it because I was falling asleep! Who knows what I would have typed if I didn't give in to sleep! So, needless to say, it is delayed. If someone would have told me last week that today...
RAGBRAI 2016 Update 5
Is this Thursday? Truly, I've lost track. How can this week almost be over? It makes me sad to think there's only 2 biking days left on RAGBRAI. Yes, my seat rejoices in that truth. It is ready for me to quit, but the rest of me wants to keep going. We started off our...
