Category: My Story
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The Best Hiking Partner has 4 Paws
Some friends walk beside you for a season. Others leave paw prints on your heart forever. Apollo has been my faithful adventure buddy since July 2019. But our story actually began a few months earlier. Apollo was born in April 2019 in Puerto Rico. My sister was taking care of him while I tried to…
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The First Mile
The Adventure That Started Before the Trails May 27, 2006 Long before I hiked my first trail. Long before I signed up for races. Long before I knew I would spend years rebuilding my life… I took my very first adventure. I was seventeen years old, just two weeks away from turning eighteen, standing at…
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Why I started Rebuilding Through Miles
There comes a moment when you realize life looks nothing like you imagined. For me, that moment came at 38. After years of putting everyone else first, I found myself starting over. My divorce had finally been finalized. My adult children had begun building lives of their own. My mom, who had lived with me…
