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Navigating Grief

Walk, Run, Soar: Finding my second wind

After my husband Ericlee died from cancer in 2014, I wasn’t sure if I could ever run again. He was my coach, my running partner, and my biggest cheerleader for almost a dozen years. He trained me for my first half marathon and first marathon. He logged hundreds of miles pushing our daughters in the jogging stroller and pushing me to personal ... [Keep Reading...]

June 27, 2020 Categories: Navigating Grief, Running

What Esther teaches us about standing up to racism

This past week a memorial service was held for George Floyd, a 46-year-old image bearer of God, who died after a police officer put a knee to his neck for almost nine minutes while he was handcuffed face down. Friends and neighbors affirmed that “Big Floyd” was a man of God with a heart of mercy for the most vulnerable. Floyd’s death has quickly ... [Keep Reading...]

June 15, 2020 Categories: General, Navigating GriefTagged: racism

Building a new nest: New practices born out of pandemic

Angled light makes it way quietly across the hardwood floors in my bedroom. I am still heavy with sleep when I hear the fluttering of wings and the low cooing of a Mourning dove building a nest on my balcony. We sleep with the windows open. Cool air sashays in, gently beckoning me to arise, to enjoy just a few minutes of quiet, before my kids ... [Keep Reading...]

June 5, 2020 Categories: General, Navigating GriefTagged: COVID-19, WalkRunSoar

When Hope is just around the bend

The other day we made turkey-and-cheese sandwiches on sourdough bread and packed oranges and a plate of cookies my friend made into a cooler bag. We piled the five of us into our royal blue truck and went for a drive. Some local friends recently posted pictures on Facebook of a beautiful lake they found about an hour from our house, and I had to ... [Keep Reading...]

May 8, 2020 Categories: Navigating Grief

Dear Vanessa Bryant,

The following is a letter originally posted on my Instagram @DorinaGilmore on January 28, 2020. I wrote this letter while flying home from a funeral in Texas after hearing the devastating news about Kobe and Gianna Bryant and 7 others who were killed in a helicopter accident. Although I don't know them personally, my widow-mama heart grieved ... [Keep Reading...]

January 29, 2020 Categories: Navigating GriefTagged: brave, death, family life, Grief, hope, struggle

The dance of grief and glory through the holidays

I still remember our first Thanksgiving after my husband Ericlee died. My family tried to hold it together. We tried to stay the course with certain traditions, but it was clear everything was off-kilter. He wasn’t there to run the Turkey Trot. He wasn’t wearing his silly apron in the kitchen, helping me chop the butternut squash for the soup. ... [Keep Reading...]

November 21, 2019 Categories: Navigating GriefTagged: abundance, behold, christmas, courage, death, gifts, Grief, hope, Incourage essays, kids, laughter, transitions

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🥳 I’m celebrating this little book baby is 11 years old and just came out in its 8th printing! Whaaaaat?! A huge thank you to all of you who have...

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🥳 I’m celebrating this little book baby is 11 years old and just came out in its 8th printing! Whaaaaat?! A huge thank you to all of you who have given Cora Cooks Pancit wings by sharing and buying her for your people! 📚
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Today I got to do one of my favorite things: read my picture book to a room full of kids! And even though we were on Zoom, I still felt the warmth of their smiles and delicious curiosity.
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We talked about our favorite ways to prepare noodles, the music we can hear in the kitchen when we are listening to the ingredients, and what we discovered about the story through the illustrations.
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I was reminded anew that this is why I write -> for my readers! Sending a big shout out to @localpassportfamily who is inspiring cultural exploration in kids of all ages. More of that please!
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👉🏽If you don’t have a copy of Cora Cooks Pancit, she’s back on Amazon (finally!) or you can support a local bookstore!
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👉🏽Tag a friend or teacher who might like this story! 
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👉🏽If you know of a school class, homeschool group or reading club that could use a guest speaker, send them my way! Booking online visits for the 2021!
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#coracookspancit @leeandlow #multicultural #filipino #kidlit #yum #kidscancook #pancit #bookclub #aapi #filpinofood #globalchildrensbookclub #pandemiclife #zoomlife #aapifamily #representationmatters
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🎧 It’s podcast day! 🥳 You don’t want to miss this episode all about REST! That’s right, rest is important for walkers, runners, and all of...

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🎧 It’s podcast day! 🥳 You don’t want to miss this episode all about REST! That’s right, rest is important for walkers, runners, and all of us!
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Today we are interviewing my friend and fellow author Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. She is an amazing woman who is a national and international media resource on the mind, body, spirit connection. She has been speaking and publishing in so many places, including CNN, Women’s Day, CBS.com, MSN.com, to name a few! 
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Dr. Saundra is an internal medicine physician and the author of Sacred Rest, which we talked about in our interview. She lives in Alabama with her ultra-marathon running husband, Bobby, and their two sons.
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We chatted with her about:
👉🏽the 7 types of rest
👉🏽the gift of rest created by God
👉🏽tips for resting from technology
👉🏽how to incorporate rest in your weekly rhythms
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🎧 Listen to the Walk Run Soar podcast, Season 2 Episode 3 today! Connect with Dr. Saundra at https://ichoosemybestlife.com/ and check out her Rest quiz there!
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#podcast #faithpodcast #walkrunsoar #rest #restmentor #podcastersofinstagram #runningismytherapy #runnersofinstagram #christianrunners #flourishing @drdaltonsmith
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“The LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me], I shall not want. He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still...

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“The LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me], I shall not want. He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still and quiet waters. He refreshes and restores my soul (life); He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.”
-‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23:1-3‬
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Meditating on these words this morning as I stare down a busy week full of projects, speaking events, meetings, and more. This amplified version of Psalm 23 is a sweet reminder of all the ways the Good Shepherd cares for me even on a Tuesday in January.
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I’m imagining the still and quiet waters this morning. He leads me there to a place of refreshment and restoration.
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I love this quote from my new Bible study,  Courageous Simplicity: “We cannot expect to experience the simple life by merely offering a nod of acknowledgment to Christ before moving on with our own agendas. We must focus on Him and courageously seek His wisdom as we remove unnecessary distractions and make difficult decisions about what you keep in our lives.”
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This is the constant challenge for me in the mornings. I always feel pulled in so many directions from the moment I open my eyes. The call is to rest in Him near the quiet waters first before I step into the rushing stream of my day.
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💭What about you? What is a distraction you regularly battle that leads you away from the still waters?💭
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#psalm23 #chosen21 #faithblogger #devotional #courageoussimplicity @incourage #heleadsme #restore #jesusgirl #womenoftheword
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I grew up in the kitchen with my mama and grandmas and aunties. My mama was not afraid to let my brother and I make a mess. She taught us her tricks ...

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I grew up in the kitchen with my mama and grandmas and aunties. My mama was not afraid to let my brother and I make a mess. She taught us her tricks and techniques.
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I loved swirling the meat sauce in the pot with my Grandma Sara and rolling lumpia with my Grandma Cora. The kitchen had a centrifugal force in our family. It was the place where the best stories (and probably the best arguments) unfolded.
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One of my treasures of these strange pandemic times has been more time in the kitchen with my family. Especially on Sunday afternoons after home church, we love to make up a big feast and linger long at the table.
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Yesterday we “traveled” to Italy with my parents. My mama’s family hails from Calabria, Italy. We dreamed about going there together one day. This menu included: Caprese kebabs, homemade focaccia, stuffed-spinach shells, salad, and my all-time fave dessert tiramisu!
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Italian food is my comfort food! How about yours? What do you find yourself craving on a rainy day when you miss your people?
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#globalglorychasers #comfortfood #italian #italianfood #yum #foodie #foodiesofinstagram #foodiefamily #traveltheworld #tiramisu #familytime #sundaysupper #kidscancook
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🥂Shawn and I celebrated our fifth anniversary this weekend with another epic running + foodie adventure. 🏃🏽‍♀️This time we stayed ...

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🥂Shawn and I celebrated our fifth anniversary this weekend with another epic running + foodie adventure. 🏃🏽‍♀️This time we stayed closer to home and hiked three waterfalls - Red Rock Falls and Corlieu Falls on the Lewis Creek Trail and the new-to-us Chinualna Falls at Yosemite National Park!
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The weather was pretty amazing for January! ☀️ Grateful to live so close to all this glory and for some much-needed quality time with my hot hubby! 🏞 
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We were reminiscing about the fun anniversary running adventures we have had through the years together: {Swipe left for a few pics from the past!}
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4️⃣ Along the Embarcadero and piers in San Francisco
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3️⃣ Up to the top of Airport in the Sky on Catalina Island
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2️⃣ Along the Pacific Coast to Fiscalini Ranch in Cambria 
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1️⃣ Across the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii Volcanos National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii
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0️⃣Around the Colosseum in Rome, Italy!
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Yes, we are crazy! In love! 💞 Friends, we are not promised tomorrow so date your spouse, get outside, and chase His glory today! 
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#anniversary #memories #dateyourspouse #5years #covidadventures #chosen2021 #sanjoaquinrunning #christianrunners #runnersofinstagram #runningismytherapy #runningmotivation #epic #runcouple #glorychasers #walkrunsoar
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