When You are Your Greatest Competitor

When You are Your Greatest Competitor

On your mark, get set, go! I’ve heard this phrase or some version of it more times than I can even begin to count as I’ve been engaged in competitive environments my whole life. As a young competitive swimmer, I heard “Swimmers, take your mark, beep!” As a runner, I...
When Your Plans are Abruptly Interrupted

When Your Plans are Abruptly Interrupted

A few summers ago, my kids and I went to visit a dear friend. Since I didn’t know where she lived, she offered to meet us and be our guide. As I followed her, I got distracted and forgot to watch where she was going. When I finally realized I had lost her, I took the...
How to Take the Tackles and Grab Hold of Immovable Courage

How to Take the Tackles and Grab Hold of Immovable Courage

I just spent the last weekend watching a lot of football—a Varsity HS game, two third-grade games, a fifth-grade game, an NDSU Bison college game and an NFL game. Thankfully, I love watching the sport, except, of course, when my sons are at the receiving end of a hard...
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