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Pieces of You
At Madden's eighth grade graduation a few weeks ago, I looked over at my dad, and half jokingly said, “I'm really glad you're alive to experience...
End of an Era
Sadness is reflecting back on that one thing and realizing it was the last time you’d ever do it. Like the last time you ever carry around your...
Pouring Into Passion
After a few weeks of steady PWBA bowling, Memorial Day weekend and the past week has been a wonderful slowdown and reset with family and friends. A...
Magnitude of Moments
Jillian Martin won the Queen’s earlier this week. And there's just so many remarkable things about this story. For one, she's the youngest ever to...
Decisions That Make the Cut
Going into the 1ast qualifying game last weekend on the PWBA Tour, I had a feeling. I wasn’t looking at the board. Even when the scores are...
Not Mainstream Stuff
A couple months ago, I wrote about Jersey’s experience attending Nature’s Classroom with her school. That post inspired a mention of my best friend...
Keeping the Focus
This post is a throwback to a couple weeks ago, and a really proud mom moment watching Jersey bowl the EYT Youth-Adult in Lockport, IL. Up until...
Team Behind the Dream
The Elite Youth Tour team members have a piece of my heart. Our trip to Rochester last weekend was the first time that the EYT team has traveled...
Compounding Days
March Madness just ended for college basketball, and the women's was a few days ago. I’ll admit I don’t watch the games throughout the whole month...
About Me
Diandra grew up in a small town in Indiana. She was the epitome of “small town girl” BIG DREAMS. When she was 12 years old she knew she wanted to be one of the best bowlers in the world one day. And so she did. She was the 3x World Bowler of the Year and was even inducted into the World Bowling Hall of Fame at 25.
Getting to the top wasn’t all about the expertise she learned on the lanes. It was also about the values, and principles she learned Beyond the Lanes that would get her to the very tip-top of her sport.