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My 9 y/o had to write an essay describing the person who has been most important in teaching her the difference between right and wrong..... thought I'd share..."A person I know that has taught me right from wrong is my dad.  He is very smart, positive and he always says to be polite when I go to...

Yes.  I am still here.  Yes.  I do have more to the story.  Yes.  I have had Active Rain-ites pounding on my door demanding that this long, drawn out, never ending, 26.2 mile story actually come to some conclusion!  Tough!  Too bad!!  Although.... I will move the story along and hope I haven't lo...

I'll never forget the day it happend.  It was April 1, 2006 and I had to call my parents to tell them that it was all over.  With just two weeks left, there was no way I would be able to run the in the Boston Marathon. It started when I was driving down the main street of town and saw a pop up ca...

I had been feeling alot of pain in my knees after ramping up my training so quickly and I was a bit concerned.  It had only been eight weeks since I started training and I had added on miles very quickly.  I had been following my doctors advice and was heating my knees before running and icing my...

My original plan for this 'What Was I Thinking' series was to have the conclusion of my running of the Boston Marathon story coincide with the actual Boston Marathon.  Unfortunately, since I had my two month hiatus from AR, I missed that opportunity.  The Boston Marathon was held about two weeks ...

You have your site but you're not getting found.  You thought you were doing SEO right.  You did your keyword research and you have come up with a website full of unique quality content.  So why aren't you getting ranked well on Google?  Have you looked at your Title tags? So what is the Title Ta...

I realized today that winter is really over!!!  It was that big annual event that really sealed it for me.  It happens just once a year, is so monumental and so life changing .... and it happened today.  It is that one thing that truly ushers out the winter and leads the way for the renewal and r...

I took Mr. Frumble, our humble Cairn Terrier, for a good walk last night.  This wasn't out of the ordinary as I take him for a walk every night, however, last night was a bit different.  I'm not quite sure why last night was different for we walked around the same neighborhood and we stopped in t...

Our family moved into our house about seven years ago.  There were many great features in the house but the one that really hooked me was the potential beyond the fence. Our yard is fairly large with enough room up the side of the house to throw a frisbee with friends.  At the end of this piece o...

One of my closest friends has three boys ranging in age from 6 to 10.  Each of them has Primary Immunodeficiency Disease... or PIDD.  What is PIDD?  Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases are disorders in which part of the body's immune system is missing or does not function properly. In contrast to s...