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March 31, 2020

How a Spinal Cord Injury Brings Me Peace in a Pandemic

Raise your hand if the situation surrounding our global health crisis has gotten you out of your comfort zone. I’m sure if I could see a […]
March 29, 2020

What If: Navigating the Unknown

What have you come up against in this pandemic situation that has suddenly shifted your world and put you at a loss for how to move […]
March 23, 2020

Eight Tips for Raising Your Resilience When Adversity Strikes

One of my biggest pet peeves is living out of a suitcase. You know the feeling that comes with a move to a new house, a […]
January 14, 2020

Reinventing Yourself One Brush Stroke at a Time

How do you reinvent yourself when you’re not sure where to start? Here are some tips to help you start over and let your creativity flow.
January 12, 2017

Skirt Sports “TESS” Talks—My word: Comparison

As an athlete, I grew up embracing competition and training to be better than my competitors. But when that drive to be better than the rest […]
October 26, 2016

Camp Discovery Flourishes With a New Cycle of Hope

They traveled across the country, originating from Washington State to Delaware, and locations in between. Their ages spanned as wide, with a forty-year gap between oldest […]
September 24, 2016

My Paralympic Journey—Team Processing

I couldn’t decide if being one of the late adds to the Paralympic Team was a good thing or a bad thing. On the negative side, […]
September 20, 2016

Fast and Furious—My Paralympic Journey (Part 1)

I knew it was a possibility. Six days before being named to the U.S. Paralympic team, I received an email from National Shooting Team Coach, Bob […]
August 25, 2016

My Paralympic Journey—It Isn’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

Day One—Tuesday, August 23, 2016 In 2006, I made my first attempt to qualify for the Hawaii Ironman. The qualifier race was at the Buffalo Springs […]