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Month one – pandemic

One month, a thousand days Today, March 11, marks one month since everything came to a screeching halt and we were sent home. The COVID19 virus had been named, identified and was rapidly spreading in the US. As I was Read more…

By Jeannine, 5 yearsApril 11, 2020 ago
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The Season of Advent has Ended

Since the ending of my last position and my involuntary transition from the UK to the US in July 2018, there have been many endings – both personally and professionally. While traumatic, there has also been a sense of healing Read more…

By Jeannine, 5 years ago
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The impact of faith

One of my LinkedIn connections posted a request for input on some questions regarding how your faith carries into your work life. I prepared a response, and then thought it would be a good idea to post it here. . Read more…

By Jeannine, 6 years ago
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The Best Laid Plans

Earlier this year, as I set down my goals for 2019, I decided that I really needed to get some races into my diary. My last race was in May of 2018, a 10-miler in London that didn’t go so Read more…

By Jeannine, 6 yearsJuly 11, 2019 ago
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Running in the real world

After college, I entered the ‘real’ world. I still loved running, but now, I wasn’t on a team or under the direction of a coach to run a specific time or distance. I also married my first husband (my high Read more…

By Jeannine, 6 yearsJune 3, 2019 ago
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My love of running

As a young child, I was dreadful at the typical sports played by children in the 1970’s. I had amblyopia (commonly known as ‘lazy eye’ where one eye is weaker than the other) and strabismus (where the eyes don’t work Read more…

By Jeannine, 6 yearsMay 31, 2019 ago
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One can never have too many clothes

As the third of four girls, growing up, I rarely had my own clothing that no one else had worn before. I can count the number of new outfits I wore during the first 16 or 18 years of my Read more…

By Jeannine, 6 years ago
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Managing the Exits – lessons learned

Many will remember the George Clooney movie about terminating employees, and have a laugh at the idea of George flying around the world to exit people. Of course, that didn’t end well, but every once in a while, based on Read more…

By Jeannine, 6 yearsApril 24, 2019 ago
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But, we’re not Scandinavians! Entering the world of Albinism

As I contemplate the past 29 years since my son was born, and reflect on his birthday today, it brings to mind our journey. About 8 months or so after our wedding, we discovered that we were pregnant with our Read more…

By Jeannine, 6 yearsApril 10, 2019 ago
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Musings of a Gen X Parent

When my daughter was teaching in a preschool a few years ago, the director of the school brought in an ‘expert’ to discuss generational differences. My darling Millennial assessed it as a means for the director to finally understand how Read more…

By Jeannine, 6 yearsMarch 30, 2019 ago

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