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Thirsty Thursday: Year of Mercy

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Health, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Thirsty Thursday, Travel, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 12/31/2015 at 07:30

Happy New Year’s Eve! 🎆

As the full Year of Mercy draws near, Pope Francis has called us to seek ways to render more kindness to others ~ which is pleasing to the LORD. ☝🏽️

I’ve been praying my daily Rosary and 3 o’clock Divine Mercy with this Pope Francis Rosary from Bishop Mike who blessed me with it on the ☼morning☼ of my dissertation defense and started reading this Rediscover book by Matthew Kelly from my Dad

During Advent, my school, Our Lady of the Lake, kicked off this venture by deeming the Season of Mercy. 🎄

GOD bless you this Merciful Year! Cheers! 🎇

Wrap Up 2014: The Year of Courting

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Health, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Politics, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Sports, Technology, Travel, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 12/31/2014 at 18:00

Want to know what our highlights were this year?

Dallas Cats

Go, *DALLAS COWBOYS & MAVERICKS* this Season!

Please click my cats above for the low-down

CHEERS to 2014 & here’s to White New Year’s 2015 ~ make it grand!!!

NYE PSA: DON’T Drink and Drive

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Health, Home Sweet Home, Public Interest, Relationships, Travel, What's Hot, Yours Truly on 12/31/2014 at 16:44

Happy 🎆NYE🎇 2015!!! Be blessed & stay safe. For those who may ring it in 🎊crunk🎉 & 🍺drunk🍻, I can’t stress enough: please DON’T get behind the 🚗wheel🚘. Too many lives are @ stake on the street, especially w/the ❄️sleet🌁 in our neck of the 🌲woods🌳 & 🏠neighborhoods🏡! My 💖heart💝 still goes out to the Deal & Del Rio families in 🗾El Paso🌄 who 💘lost💔 their 💙loves💜💚 exactly 1wk ago on 🎅CHRISTmas🎄 Eve, thanks to a repeat offender drunk driver; Nora & Vel are putting their sweet cousin 😇Shannon👼 to rest✌️ soon ~ my next series of 🙏Rosaries🌹 are dedicated to them. #NYE2015 🌃 #NY2015 🌇 #RIP 💒 #GODwilling ☝️ #YearToCompleteMyPhD 🎓 #TeamDrD 📢 #PleaseBackMe 👏 #DrD ✒️ #DrDISPO 🏆 #DISPO 👊 #DISPObustAFlow 🎤 #DONTdrinkAndDrive 🍹🍸🍷 #DONTtextAndDrive 📲📱 #SpareLives 📳

Candlelight Vigil held for car crash victims

It’s Been Blessed!

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Sports, Technology, Travel, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 12/11/2013 at 17:11

The CHRISTmas Countdown is here, as the New Year draws near, so it’s time to CHEER!

I’m delighted to report that my dissertation committee blessed my Concept Proposal! We had our first conference call altogether yesterday for this information session about my study. Now all I can do from here is move forward, and as graduates of my program have said: ONWARD

My research is about the influence of college coaches‘ leadership on their student-athletes’ satisfaction, athletic and academic performance. Some of my inspirations include winning basketball coaches Coach K, Pat Summitt, and Phil Jackson. Here’s to Team: Dr. D in Mission: Ph.D.

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Here are my freshest fine 9 Dispo Hoop Scoops:

The MFFL’s Rants (since I was stuck at home during the Snow Days, I was able to crank out these babies)

*Friendly Reminder: Please vote for the NBA All-Stars*

11:11 ~ make a wish!!! 

†R.I.P., Nelson Mandela†

Pace or Race

In Community, Health, Sports on 01/02/2011 at 21:35

Out w/the old & in w/the new… But 1 thing’s consistent: it’s a fun run! I signed up to run a 3K on New Year’s Eve & a 5K on New Year’s Day.
Well, so I thought. This so-called 3K was a <a href="racewalk, ever heard of it? Basically, I was up against Navy seamen, international-, national-, & statewide-ranked champs, & other vet walkers! Yeah, these contenders definitely could outwalk my run…
However, this certainly was a more profound experience that humbled me in more ways than 1: I learned a lesson that swallowing my pride is acceptable because I’m no better than anyone else, & sometimes there are rules to follow that can’t be bent – such as the knees, literally… As a runner, I try to go the distance & build up my endurance, but I could always improve on speed, & just because I ♥ to run, it doesn’t mean that walkers out there are slower than yours truly. Although I was far from fast & close to last, I still received a trophy for placing in my age group (still 24-29) for the 5K, so yay for the day, cheer for the year!
My question in using these events as a metaphor for life is: Do you cruise or rush through (something my classmate/colleague Jaime pointed out to me), & do you take baby steps or giant leaps?