One of the really fun things I get to do as a #RunThisYear Ambassador is introduce you to fun people within the community! I am excited today to introduce you today to Tara Jane! Tara is new to the Run This Year community this year–but signed up this year eager to do it! With her […]
Author: Kristin
January Check-In, #RunLove & Happy Valentines Day
Hi friends! Are we already hallway through February? Back to back to back conferences or retreats and hello two snow storms in GEORGIA–that is how we got to mid February! I had big plans to hop on here and tell you all of my big goals for 2014—I even started a post at one point—and […]
Run This Year 2014
Some may have seen the crazy thing I posted earlier this week on Facebook…. “Run 2014 miles in 2014. Who’s with me?” (You may have also noticed it’s the only thing I’ve posted this week—-I deleted Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter off my phone this week to be more intentional with my boys. My apologies if […]
Christmas Cards. A Blubbering Mess. Adoption.
I am a mail junkie. There you go. Confession just from the very beginning let’s get it out there. It’s the first thing I do upon arriving home every afternoon. If I am home when the mail lady comes–I go straight out to check it. Some (like the hubs) may call it an addiction. I […]
December and a few things on my heart…
December. December 3rd at that. Last time I wrote a blog post was June 21. Not sure how that happened. Actually well I do. In the life as a Youth Pastor–Summer is well Mission Trips, SUMMER SCHEDULE, Summer Camp, then Fall…trying to catch your breath. This Fall didn’t exactly present that for me this year–but […]
Our Song.
Jude and I have a song. I started singing it to him before he was even born. I am by no means a singer and the way I make up my own version of songs has been known to drive the hubs crazy at some points during our 5.5 year marriage. All that to say […]
My Running Story
To start this story–I need to go back-way back. Running is in my genes. Growing up both my parents were runners (I recently found a race shirt of my mom’s from 1986—and have been wearing it around the house!) I joined the track team in the 7th grade and I will never forget the day […]
Boston: as a newbie runner & the fight against fear
Boston. It is one of those moments that you will forever remember exactly where you were sitting when it happened. I was in a coffee shop with a friend that had just returned from the mission field. Her back was to the tv screen and I had to interrupt her and say I am so […]
Ten Years Later [McLendon Missions-Part Three]
Thank you friends for being so kind to my heart earlier this week. I am so excited to start writing again and I can’t thank you enough for your kind and encouraging words. They mean more to me than you know!! ~ Ten years ago this month I came “home” from the mission field of […]
Why I almost quit writing… [a very honest post]
I almost didn’t write yesterdays blog post because well-my Fresh Start was for April 1st and as you can now see I didn’t write it till April 8th. I looked back in my journal at April 1st in my Secret Place with the Lord and this is what I wrote, “Jesus. Not only is it […]