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Extreme Training

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 by Lisa Duscio
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Extreme Waterfall after Rain

It’s that time of year to start thinking about a training plan for your summer or fall race.  Training for a race can often be extreme… like, going out on a 20 mile run on a Saturday morning … or, swimming a mile and then jumping on your bike for a 10 mile sprint.  It’s going through the extremes that helps you to enjoy the journey.  The extremes condition you so you can cover the distance with less pain.  Today I want to tell you about an extreme journey taken by my friend Angela Bailey…

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Christmas Joy

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 by lisa

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I recently received an email that linked to an article called “50 Economic Numbers That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe”.  The article was a slide show with captions covering how badly (even worse than we think) the economy is performing ranging from unemployment to debt to homelessness to foreclosures.  The article made me think about the cares of this world stealing our joy…

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Words From a Kidney Recipient

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 by Lisa Duscio

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After writing my blog post last week, The Gift of Life (a story about my husband’s kidney transplant 4 years ago), I came up with this idea to ask my husband to write a little blog about his experience.  Tony said he would be happy to do just that.  What he wrote was not what I expected!

(You may be wondering what this picture of my daughter climbing a rock wall has to do with this story.  It reminds me of how life is like climbing this wall, placing your feet and hands one move at a time, not always seeing the destination.)

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The Gift of Life

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 by Lisa Duscio

DSC02136In 2001, I was diagnosed with life-threatening cancer.  Six years later, after I had regained my strength, my husband went into kidney failure and was in need of a kidney transplant.  It was this past week in 2007 that my husband received a kidney from a wonderful friend and sister in Christ, Vaughn.

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What a Legacy Retreat looks like…

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 by Lisa Duscio

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What does a Legacy Retreat “look” like?

What is the importance of a legacy? You might be wondering what Inheritance of Hope is all about…

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