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My first car accident came just weeks after I received my driver’s license at the young age of sixteen years old. That bright, shiny red Jeep cherokee sport was my latest and greatest gift I got for my birthday. I had earned it, though. I was promised by my parents that if I made the U.S. Region II Regional Team through high school, I would get every teenagers dream–a brand, new car. This incentive made me work that much harder on the soccer field. I was on my way to my very first high school job. I worked at Running Fit, a shoe store, twoRead More →

Rock Bottom: January 24, 2004

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Beep. Beep. Beep. My alarm went off at 7:08am on January 24, 2004.  It was a cold, wintry, Saturday morning in East Lansing, Michigan. With a sigh of relief, I knew the sound of alarm meant it was time to head back home for the remainder of the weekend. The quicker I put on my running clothes, hurried down a flight of steps to the fitness center in my apartment complex, and ran six miles, the sooner I’d load up my car and depart East Lansing; a place I became quite uneasy with over the past several months. Our Michigan State women’s soccer banquet was scheduledRead More →