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I always strive to be honest in my writing, but this time, I need ratchet up the level of bluntness. Blunt Truth #1: Team Drea 2017 feels kind of adrift.…

Swimming through questions

February 19, 2017

Here is the second piece for my writing class with the fabulous Marion Roach Smith… It’s February, four years later. I’m in another gym pool for another swim workout. There…

Stumbling towards the Sun

February 17, 2017

I am taking a memoir class with Marion Roach Smith, who is a tremendous teacher. Below is my first piece (even though most of you know the story already!): The harbinger…

This walker’s made for walkin’…

January 9, 2017

And that’s just what she’ll do… I am positively smitten with my new walker. She is the fourth of her siblings, all from the Stander company (who is not paying…

Out with the old, in with the new…except not really

December 31, 2016

I swear, it seems like a month ago that I wrote Hang on 2016, I’m not Ready and here we are again, staring at another round of New Years resolutions. But…

Race for Eddy Lefrançois – Part 2

December 7, 2016

This is a recap of Race #10 in my 2016 quest to do 12 races in honor of people with ALS who have been an inspiration to me. This race…

2017 Race Calendar

December 1, 2016

So it’s December 1st, one month until New Year’s Resolution time. Because I know Team Drea is already planning their 2017 races, here is my *ambitious* race calendar (health permitting,…

Race for Eddy Lefrançois – Part 1

November 20, 2016