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Swimming My Way Through The Manhattan Project.

An Olympic Trial Qualifying, Big Ten NCAA Swimmer from North County, Missouri. My lifelong “home” pool was steps away from nuclear poisoned…

11 min readApr 21, 2024

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Swimming My Way Through The Manhattan Project.

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The Grace of God — More Than My Fair Share.

“Not to be mean, Mommy, but back when I was little, Nonnie was more healthy than you. She was my safe person.”

6 min readFeb 24, 2024

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The Grace of God — More Than My Fair Share.

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American Mom

To My Dad. May You Finally Rest In Peace.

Dear Dad,

4 min readJan 1, 2023

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To My Dad. May You Finally Rest In Peace.

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“Thanks” isn’t the right word.

Thanks, isn’t the right word…

3 min readNov 29, 2022

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“Thanks” isn’t the right word.

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The Time The American Government and Chemical Corporations Poisoned my Home Town.

Life is a series of events, strung together they create a string of illumination bigger than what we could have imagined.

5 min readOct 31, 2022

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The Time The American Government and Chemical Corporations Poisoned my Home Town.

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An Industry Built on the Backs of Women. And a woman with PTSD.

I wrote a piece earlier this week that was hateful — and those who I wrote about, and Linkedin itself, asked me to take it down —…

5 min readOct 19, 2022

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An Industry Built on the Backs of Women. And a woman with PTSD.

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20 Years of Running from Myself.

Booze, Men, Advertising Jobs, and hair dye helped me run from myself for 2 decades.

6 min readOct 6, 2022

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20 Years of Running from Myself.

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American Mom

Running With My Angels in the Boston Marathon.

Yesterday at Easter church service at Hingham UCC, my pastor, Peter Allen reminded us of something important. Angels aren’t just some…

3 min readApr 18, 2022

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Running With My Angels in the Boston Marathon.

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So…I’d be dead without you.

In 2 weeks I’m running the 2022 Boston Marathon to support Caring for A Cure, the Boston Based Nurse Started Charity that is redefining…

3 min readApr 5, 2022

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So…I’d be dead without you.

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The Daughter of an American Suicide.

My father was found dead at 43 years old on October 25, 1993 in our family home at 4021 96th Ave. Florissant, MO. I was 11, my sister 17…

10 min readDec 10, 2021

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The Daughter of an American Suicide.

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American Mom

American Mom

Former corporate ad exec turned creator, metaphysical enthusiast, bone marrow transplant survivor, mother, and curious human.

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