RUNNING, FAITH, AND FAMILY

I don't think Sean meant to do it. Yet, even when you don't mean to punch someone in the face, it still hurts. The morning was going...

Em and I had another conflict that was familiar in it's arc: I don't feel like I'm enough and am not getting my needs met. Em doesn't...

14 years ago, the first race I ever ran was The Race with Grace 10K with Emily (and a lot of other folks, but it was early on in our...

"JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY" Jenny had organized a Christmas Eve morning run and Taegin and me gladly joined her. We...

I think I love books like my mom loves soup. "I love prepping soup. I love cooking soup. I love the way soup smells. I love eating soup....

10:52pm “Hey mommy…..hey mommy” I’m gathering the trash before heading to bed, but I hear that familiar call. I drop the bag on the floor...

"This is the most runnable part of the course!" I exclaimed. I would soon eat my words. The Wawayanda 100 mile race was comprised of...

"I want to get up!" The morning started at 3:30am with Sean set to spin cycle between Emily and I on our bed. I'm not sure how long he...

I read 220 books in 2021. This is by far the most I’ve ever read in a year and to put it simply, I wouldn’t recommend it (I might write...

This is a reflection I shared at my church (Emmanuel Presbyterian) a couple of years ago. As our family is recovering from COVID, this...

Starting with Sean’s fever last Sunday afternoon, COVID hit the Craig family. As I write this, it’s been exactly a week since got Sean’s...

For nearly two years a consistent decision companion has been COVID: Would that be a safe place to go? Can we travel this season? Should...

I made it about 30 feet out of our apartment before I started to slide down a hill. Fortunately I wasn’t moving that quickly and was able...

10. The “mile” where I met new people One of my favorite moments in a run is doing a wide U-turn with the double running stroller to...