Posted: May 7, 2020
“A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.” Unknown I know this blog is about resilience in sports. I wonder though if everything I’ve learned about resilience was from my mom, and from being a mom myself….and more recently becoming a single mom and widow. I first wrote this piece about 10 years […]
Posted: April 13, 2020
“(S)he knows not where (s)he’s going, For the ocean will decide, It’s not the destination, It’s the glory of the ride.” (Edward Monkton, Zen Dog) Before I tell you about my secret weapon for staying sane (sane being relative), I want to help put into perspective what it is that we may be feeling right now, […]
Posted: March 26, 2020
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” ― Vicki Harrison If I hear the word “unprecedented,” one more time, I may scream. This may be new territory for many of us, but our emotions […]