Humbly Courageous

Hello and welcome back to another week at Humbly Courageous. I am so glad you are here.  Recently, my family and I traveled to Colorado for our youngest son’s last school spring break. Senior year is going by way too fast. I wish I had the ability to slow down time. Don’t we all?!  We have visited Colorado as a family a few times. It is one of our favorite places. The beauty is astounding, and my husband and sons love the running challenges Colorado brings with the higher altitudes. We all agreed, it would be a great bookend to our years of spring breaks, some more adventurous than others. We were even able to stay at the same home we stayed at six years ago.  My first few days in Colorado were rough, physically speaking. Traveling, in general, is so hard on my body. Adding in all the new things that I have to figure out, can be quite overwhelming. The altitude change got the best of me. Our house was at an elevation of about 9,000 feet. For this Indiana girl, that was qu...

Hello and welcome to another week at Humbly Courageous. I am so glad you are here. “If my life were a book and I were the author, how would I want this story to go?” ~ Amy Purdy Several years ago, my sister suggested I listen to Amy Purdy’s interview with Oprah on Super Soul Sunday. After listening, I was intrigued. Then I listened to Amy’s TED talk. I was hooked on her positive outlook towards her disability. I since have listened to several other interviews she has done, read her book “On My Own Two Feet”, and watched in awe when she danced on Dancing With the Stars and was runner up, dancing on two prosthetic legs. Amy was one of my biggest inspirations to live my life to the fullest once I was finally diagnosed. Amy is an accomplished motivational speaker, and award winning adaptive athlete and two-time Paralympic medalist. Amy continues to motivate and inspire many all over the world because she is willing to openly share her story. In her TED talk, she says her legs haven't d...