Boldness has taken an interesting turn since childhood. As a girl growing up in the desert, being bold meant facing off with the rivers of flash floods. Or when I was in seventh grade, I punched a boy in the face for picking on my brother. I’m finding I’m not the same girl in…
Every so often, a friend writes a book that creates change in our lives. Tricia Goyer is a long time friend with one such book. It has coffee stains, scribbles, and ear marks. Today is she sharing a part of that book on my blog today! Heather MacFadyen – creator and host of the…
I love to run. In fact, my latest pair of pink Brooks running shoes have a hole in them from all the months of training for the Lincoln Half Marathon that took place in May. I haven’t thrown them away because that race taught me something. It taught me to run to the things that…
Posted: Saturday, December 26, 2015 8:00 am Breaking some bones, breaking some barriers Heather Riggleman / Chasing Perfect Kearney Hub If someone asked you to describe the best days of your life, how would you answer? The list would usually include four or five of life’s biggest milestones such as meeting that perfect someone, the…
We find out early in life that it isn’t permissible to be barefaced and tell the truth in the every day. Instead, as little girls we dress up the spine of our stories, hiding the scars or perfecting them in order to say what is acceptable, “I’m fine, how are you?” But we aren’t supposed…
Something is different this year. A shift in my soul resonates to the deepest parts of my identity. As the soles of my feet pound into the treadmill my mind tries to figure what exactly it is. Tracking my pace and time I mentally take note to add it to my training plan later—and then…