Life Is A Race

Life is a race. Not a competitive race. Everyone's life is just a different race.

Our race may change course, there may be obstacles we must overcome, but if we keep our eyes on the Lord, we will reach our finish line and receive our prize. It is not always about the finish line, though. The journey is just as important. We need to make sure we don't miss something along the way while keeping our eyes on the prize.

Because I am a Christian and an athlete, this analogy is easy for me to see. Why do I race? Not to win (otherwise I would have given up long ago), but because it is a personal challenge. I'm a woman wearing so many hats -- wife, mother, Sunday School teacher, school volunteer, soccer mom -- juggling life's joys and frustrations. Talk about personal challenges! I hope to use this blog as an outlet for my frustrations and a proclamation of my joys as I tackle all the challenges I face in life.

One of my favorite Bible verses that helps me get through the hard times and relates to racing is also imprinted on my Road ID:

But those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31

Wednesday, January 23, 2013




Sole Sisterhood.  That's what our shirts say.  The back says, "Friends to the Finish."  This is my friend and awesome running partner, Jen, and me in San Antonio when we ran the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in November.  We bought these shirts at the Expo because we're cheesy like that (and the shirts are super cute and soft!)  Jen has asked us to link up with something about sisterhood.  The first thing that came to mind was this picture.


Don't we look like rockstars?  LOL!  This photo captures sisterhood on so many levels.  Our sisterhood runs deep, Jen and me.  Of course, we run together.  We run MANY miles together training for marathons and whatever else we decide to run.  We are sisters but also friendly competitors.  Our running sisterhood means we encourage each other, train together, complain together, pour out our hearts to each other, push each other, make each other laugh, and make excuses for why a run wasn't our best.  :)  We provide each other with a little friendly competition, yet we drag the other one out into 18 degree weather to get that last long run in before the race.  Yeah, that's sisterhood.


Our sisterhood began when we met, both 6-7 months pregnant with our last child, attending the Mom's Group at our church.  You see, Jen's daughter is just 3 weeks younger than my son.  They were baptized together.  My son claims her as his girlfriend.  They had a bond before they were born.  Jen and I have since discovered many other things we have in common besides running.  Her father-in-law married both of us, her parents got divorced after the same number of years my parents did, our mothers both live in town, we both had the same first car, we're both type A, we had the same wedding photographer, and we're Christians.  We even kind of look alike as far as hair color, eye color, height, and shoe size.  We were destined to be sisters in Christ.

There are many ways we are not alike...she's younger....she's an introvert....she's a much better writer than me.....and a faster runner.....

but these things do not affect our sisterhood.

It isn't the things we have in common that make a sisterhood.  Those things bring us together initially, but it's the times and words we share with one another that really bond us.  This is true for any sisterhood.

Linking up with Jen






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5 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 23, 2013 at 8:47 AM

    Oh, I love this, Kelli! Not just because it's about us, but because of this:

    It isn't the things we have in common that make a sisterhood. Those things bring us together initially, but it's the times and words we share with one another that really bonds us. This is true for any sisterhood.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 23, 2013 at 9:01 AM

    Thanks, Jen! (and I caught my grammatical error in that middle sentence! LOL)

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  3. marleceJanuary 24, 2013 at 6:25 AM

    I LOVE THIS!!! There is something about running and sisterhood that go hand in hand. I think running brings on a whole vulnerablitly all in itself so it makes you blah with that sister you are running next to.

    Obviously the Lord had you two in mind as 'sole sisters' way before you even met.

    I really do love this!

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  4. UnknownJanuary 24, 2013 at 6:43 AM

    Thank you, and yes, God arranged it all. It was no accident that we met when we did. It turns out shortly after I met Jen, my two closest friends moved out of state. And actually, I wasn't a runner at the time. ;)

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2013 at 5:01 PM

    I am way jealous of your t-shirts. ;)

    Beautiful - I love how you summed up sisterhood at the end!

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