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November 18, 2015

It’s Time To Start Thinking About Quitting

I’ve always thought of mental toughness as a trait that kept people going through the ups and downs of life, and grit as that thing whispering […]
October 9, 2015

Why Be A 10, When You Can Be A 10.9?

I thought I was done with endurance sports. Five years ago today I was in Kona on the eve the Hawaii Ironman preparing for my race. […]
October 6, 2015

Exploring Grit Through Female Athletes With Disabilities

It’s been fifteen years and 19 days since my life changed and I was thrust into a new world. While riding my bike I was hit […]
September 11, 2015

Are You Confined by Your Thoughts?

September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month—   After fifteen years of using a wheelchair for mobility, you’d think I would be immune to it. […]
August 24, 2015

Shooting is My New Paralympic Sport—How Did THAT happen?

“Aristotle has taught me we all need a target to shoot at. We must have goals to guide our actions and energies. The Greek word for target was […]
August 20, 2015

What I Now Know…

Last night as I worked on the final logistics for the 2015 Camp Discovery, all I could think of was how tired I was and how […]
July 23, 2015

Here’s What Happens When You Believe in Yourself

Have you ever had that feeling that the seasons were changing? Not the seasons in the weather, but the seasons of your life? Over the past […]
July 22, 2015

Welcome to Redefining Able

I used to think of life as one long road to be lived from one end to another. But now I see it as a book, […]
September 9, 2014

A Thank You Poem

I actually received this poem many months ago, but have not posted it until now. I just ran across it and was reminded of the generosity […]