The craziness from the beginning of the year is slowing down, and I as a human being am also slowing down. Slowing down and growing large. I have a daughter who kicks and moves and this impending reality is becoming more and more real. We have named her, we have painted her dresser, and we prepare wildly for this child we have not yet met. What a time. This semester part of my role on campus is to help lead our athletic ministry which is a fun way to bring out any insecurities I thought I'd moved beyond long ago. I walk into our meetings as this pregnant, far-from-collegiate-athlete-level-fitness woman whose biggest accomplishment in the fitness world is my half marathon, which I use as my only validation for being there. I want to yell at every athlete "I HAVE RUN A HALF MARATHON IN UNDER TWO HOURS SO I PROMISE I AM RELATABLE" I suppose I will use this experience as a chance to embrace the cliché that God puts us in situations where we are wildly unqualified to show ...
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