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We swapped talents. I rolled up my sleeves, moved furniture, created files and made labels. She pulled out her stopwatch, recorded splits and weekly re-calibrated my plan to match my goal. I organized and she coached. She needed simplicity and I wanted to win a race. That summer training pushed my physical limits to capacity. Each day [...]

When my girls were much younger and smaller (two are taller than me now!), I sometimes needed to get their attention when giving them an instruction. I’d take hold of their chin, bring their eyes to mine, and say, “Look at me!” It was my way of making sure they had really heard me. Sound [...]

I pushed through the hanging clothes in my closet, in search of a gift I had stowed away, when I spotted it. An only semi-deflated pink, polka-dot balloon, still fighting for its life. Must be from a September birthday celebration, I thought, and quickly dismissed it. My lovers-of-all-that-is-pink both had their birthdays in September. This [...]