Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time … a girl had begun to feel as though she might give up. It has been 1 year and 9 months since I have been able to sit in front of my computer and write more than a single line of personal text relating to my professional career in the sport […]
The Privilege of Pressure
Cracking open a fortune cookie last month in my hometown of Brandon, Manitoba I didn’t think much of it. Then I read: “Your friends will truly be helpful in your next month’s endeavour.” Those simple, and typically generic words screamed at me. My fingers instantaneously tucked it, face-up, into the back of the clear protective […]
Mission Control
Image by: Drew Gregory www.drewgregory.ca The weatherman says, “Goodnight”, the Calgary Tower is turning off it’s lights; the refrigerator stops, and suddenly… it’s quiet. A brief slideshow of memories from the past six months flash through my mind. By acknowledging the amount of change that this time has created, a crooked smile finds it’s way […]
A Frame in Focus
In my recent travels, between boarding flights and infinite cups of coffee I wandered through a bookstore. Choosing books by their cover (yes, really) I happened to open up one, in which this sentence suddenly jumped out at me, “Go where you don’t want to go. Get in luck’s path.” I stood there motionless. Some […]