Poor Cat

I am not a cat lover.  However, tonight when the car in front of me accidentally ran over a cat I shivered and shreeked. I felt sad for that poor kitty and the owner who was currently ignorant to that fact that the cat was gone. Why on earth did the cat bolt out so...

How Hope Helps

Today it is rainy outside. Here in North Carolina the pollen has finally subsided and the trees are full of green leaves. We are in the midst of spring. I was just sitting at my kitchen table with my young boys watching them eat their breakfast. They are ravenous as...

Meet the Blevins

The Blevinses are made of tough stuff. Jeff, 40, moved from central Indiana to Nashville 20 years ago to start a music career and builds his own radios, and 37-year-old Deana came from Kentucky to work at Vanderbilt University. Hours away from the nearest family...

Run the 2012 ING NYC Marathon!

The New York Road Runner’s have chosen Team IOH to be a part of the 2012 ING NYC Marathon charity program.  With the 5 spots awarded, the Team IOH goal is to raise at least $50,000 (each team member with a goal of $10,000), which will send 10 families on the NYC...

Extreme Training

   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...

The Whole Body

I am not a very fast typist. However, to my children (ages 10 and 8) I am a superstar typist. When my children walk into the room and I am working on my computer they usually comment on how fast my fingers are moving on the keyboard.  They are amazed at the clicking...

The Extremes of Life – April 2012

Many of us would prefer a life that is not subject to extremes, yet some of us cannot avoid extremes, even if we try. When I was 5 my father was diagnosed with leukemia. This was one of life’s extremes that everyone in my family would have changed at the time if we...