Half the man I used to be, Same big heart

04/02/2025

28/01/2025

Reconnecting with friends who motivate and uplift last week. Surrounding myself with good vibes.

19/01/2025

Eating is off track but I got my workout in today. No excuses but celebrating the workout at least.

16/01/2025

My journey took many unexpected detours. I lost myself and with it health in all arenas of life. I've fought some demons bigger than me but as always, my God is bigger than my demons and I'm back on the journey with new purpose and a vengeance. I choose to live and what I've been doing hasn't worked and hasn't been living. I got healthy the first time very publicly and with a lot of help. Please embrace me, pray for me, and join me in my renewed journey of health and rediscovery. I will live an intentional life that is worth living. Failure is no longer an option despite fear and crippling anxiety and depression, here I am. Let's have some fun and love on one another!

16/01/2025

Training with Bertha this morning at Timber and Steel. I'm having a hard personal day but feeling accomplished!

11/01/2025

Its been 15 years but I remember those moments like they happened yesterday. The feeling that life would never be good again.

The hopelessness
The intense sadness
The darkness - it enveloped my soul

I'd be lying if I said it was easy to live again. I'd be lying if I said every day has been perfect, it hasn't.

I've made strong, bold, brave decisions.

I've made weak, sad, and poor decisions.

I'm human.

I've spent 15 years evolving from a horrific moment I never expected or would have anticipated.

It was on New Years Eve - 2010 that I remember telling myself I was not going to settle in this life despite my loss. I was going to grab life and make it beautiful on my terms.

I made choices in the coming months that didn't sit well with everyone in my life. That's okay - they were my choices to make.

I took thousands of baby steps to find the road less traveled and create a future I wanted to live in.

Tonight I looked up at the moon and take many deep breaths - I felt peace.

It took me a year of deep grief to accept what I could not change. Accepting the reality did not make the grief go away - it simply helped me forge forward and start towards a path I wanted for MY future.

You see, I'm still here for a reason - and so are all of you.

In time you will see that too.

Goodnight world,

Michelle ❤️

11/01/2025

Yes, it will - and that’s OK!

11/01/2025

Back on the journey... time to fight for myself!

19/08/2017

A great week. I refused to jinx it with false or overwhelming talk of goals this week. My silent goal was to make it to Elevate for class twice this week. I privately made commitments to the instructors for accountability. Thank you Melinda and Wendy. Not surprising, I found lots of reasons to be elsewhere. But, I kept my commitments and did 3 classes this week. Very excited, but taking things one week at a time, hoping to keep momentum.

Today and tomorrow, I spend with the amazing Volunteers, Runners, and Friends at Final Kick Events Idaho Wine Run! These are my other group of friends and mentors that uplift and inspire me. I'm so proud and blessed to be part of this family.

Shout out to my friends and team from Fleet Feet Sports Meridian, Team Run Boise, Team Beef, and all the other teams and people that make such a great running community.