Tag Archives: high school

I think that I have proven this statement many times, as has anyone who faces challenges yet conquers fears and pulls through the difficult times. [And I so know that the above sentence is such a long run-on sentence, but … Continue reading →

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Danielle! | Leave a comment

Unexpected paths…

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Danielle!

…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths. -Mark Nepo An unexpected path…you could say that many experiences from my past may have shaped my path, both good experiences and not so good.  I am now more sympathetic to all … Continue reading →

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What? What was I doing? Talking? Talking about what? Talking in circles?   RIGHT. Thus has been my day.  Always feeling less accomplished.  And today would just happen to be #NationalStressAwarenessDay; And stress is what I’ve been feeling as of … Continue reading →

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Danielle! | Leave a comment

A million years ago “Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana.” Groucho Marx It has been 20 years since I started high school.  20 YEARS.  The time sitting in Pre-Algebra seemed to tick backwards and not soar … Continue reading →

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Danielle! | 2 Comments

Regrets. Thoughts, this broken mind still thinks thoughts, knows that it is silly to keep high school fresh on the mind from so long ago. It was 20 years ago; ok- 18… High school and the do overs that only … Continue reading →

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Danielle! | 3 Comments

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Elenor Roosevelt We all have insecurities about ourselves.  Maybe we don’t like to admit it, but the majority of us have that little voice inside our head, the paranoid one, … Continue reading →

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Danielle! | 7 Comments

Poker face

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Danielle!

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those cards you hold well. Women’s Fitness  @Women-Fit Life is not about existing in a crappy life, but it’s what you do with the crap life’s given you. A person … Continue reading →

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I don’t want to grow up

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Danielle!

34. 34 years old and not wanting to age, not wanting to be older.  When we’re in our 20s, all we want to be is be recognized as old enough to be ‘legal’.  It’s only when you try to flash … Continue reading →

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little red bull

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Danielle!

Just like life, when you think everything’s been decided, the plans magically change depending on the littlest thing, the decision to turn the car right or left, go with the flow of traffic or against, and in that split second, … Continue reading →

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Scrambled Brain Challenge!

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Danielle!

As most of you know, this page is called TBI triumphs! I have a Traumatic Brain Injury, which I have gotten from a car accident that I was in high school, 16 years old, 17 years ago. My friend, Kristin, … Continue reading →

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