Jumping In

Jumping In

This year, my season started with a major. There I was, jumping back in with a difficult pattern and surrounded by intense competition. One might think that isn’t the “ideal” way to start when you haven’t competed in 10 months, and are training a new knee...
Gifted Memories

Gifted Memories

Throughout my career, my dad has been known for a few things.  Always showing up for me. And 2. Always videotaping whatever event we were at.  I feel like my entire life story is recorded because of him. This past winter, when we were on a family vacation in Mexico,...
Hall of Fame Thanks

Hall of Fame Thanks

What I didn’t know when I started out bowling decades ago, bowling would teach me everything I needed to know about life. In the beginning, I was just hanging out at the bowling center while my sister took to the lanes.  In my HoF speech, I listed out some of the...
Human Interaction

Human Interaction

I’m the type of person who believes people come into your life for specific reasons.  At last week’s EYT, I had a great conversation with a family that was attending for the first time. They were from Northwest Indiana, a town over from where I grew up in Dyer. They...
Unlimited Growth

Unlimited Growth

I am always learning. I am always eager to learn things I don’t know. Sometimes I think it embarrasses my husband when I meet new people. I ask a lot of questions. Because is there a better way to learn? I have always been willing to acknowledge that I don’t know...