by Ericka | Apr 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
*This is a guest post from veteran marathon runner, Jennifer Schubert-Akin. When I found out this will be her 21st Boston Marathon — and that she’s run MULTIPLE 100-milers, including Leadville & Western States — I was beyond inspired. Jennifer...
by Ericka | Apr 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but I kind of hate it when politicians talk about “women’s issues” as if women care only about those, stereotypical, pre-selected items. Sure, we all have passionate beliefs about abortion, birth control and equality...
by Ericka | Mar 22, 2015 | family, Uncategorized
She wasn’t a CEO — or a political leader. She never made a six-figure paycheck or secured a patent. But if you measure success by the joy you’ve obtained, the people you’ve loved and the children and grandchildren you’ve helped raise, she...
by Ericka | Mar 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
For months on end, I’ve been hearing people say that Shauna Niequist’s “Bread and Wine” was really good. But I wasn’t particularly interested for some reason — despite my friend Lynn having turned one of Shauna’s other books...
by Ericka | Mar 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Good morning, friends. My blogging is so sporadic lately but sometimes, I do just want to check in with a good, old-fashioned, life blogging post 🙂 What’s new? Well, I’ve been struggling — with my back of course, but also some depression. Sometimes...
by Ericka | Mar 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
I woke up at 2am on Friday night and started having a panic attack. My back was in awful pain again, this time because I decided I could handle some light overhead squats at that morning’s CrossFit class. I was panicking because I thought maybe I did something...
