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Grasping For The Light: Chapter 2

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                    It’s Monday morning and I’m lazily gazing out my office windows towards Lake Michigan while enjoying my second cup of coffee.  With the promotion to Director of Pro Bono came an office upgrade, a bigger desk, and a full lake view.  I feel uncharacteristically calm.  This is largely on account of it being one of Patrick’s work-from-home weeks.  After learning of Declan’s confessions to Ms. Feelings at daycare, mainly that Dec felt we both worked too much, Patrick demanded concessions from Ernst & Young.  The primary one being that he only be required to be present at client sites every other week.  On his home week, Patrick manages daycare drop-offs and pick ups.  Leaving me time to fit in early morning jogs or pilates classes before work.  Yet another reason I haven’t pushed him to find his own place.  This morning I ran past the shops and restaurants on South...
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The Big Sur Experience

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  I tackled the Big Sur Marathon yesterday. It was windy, hilly, challenging, and beyond beautiful. It was the only marathon that I've run so far where I've used the "hike the uphill, sprint the downhill" strategy.  I found it really saved my quads and didn't negatively impact my time.  In fact, I finished Big Sur faster than New York City, which was far less hilly.  In case anyone is thinking of entering the lottery (which I highly encourage) here's my recap: Saturday, April 29 8:00 a.m. - I joined the official shakeout run sponsored by Hoka and Fleet Feet Monterey.  Previously, I've shunned shakeout runs and scheduled my last short run three days prior to the race.  Sticking solely to Pilates and yoga for the next two days to keep my legs fresh.  But since February, I've been working with a new coach and she advised taking a short run the day before to "keep some pep in the legs."  I actually enjoyed the shakeout run.  I took the three mile...
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Musings on Bush

Kate Bush that is (get your mind out of the gutter). And more specifically her song This Woman’s Work.  It goes without saying that song is a tearjerker.  What person born in the 70s or 80s can hear it and not immediately picture Kevin Bacon in She’s Having a Baby sitting in a hospital waiting room with tears streaming down his face while his wife undergoes emergency surgery due to complications during the labor and delivery of their son.   What resonates particularly for me in that song is the regret expressed over lost opportunities. “Of all the things I should’ve said that I never said. All the things we should’ve done that we never did.” When my brother, Maurice, passed away at the age of 56, I experienced deep regret.  Regret that I didn’t keep in touch with him better.  That I didn’t go see him in Singapore or Berkeley or various other amazing places that he lived over the years.  At the time, it seemed like not spending money on travel was the pruden...
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Pivoting is the New Black

I published my first and only book, Darkness Drops Again, about three years ago. While it received some pretty good reviews and I was insanely proud of it, it didn’t launch my writing career the way I’d hoped.  Since self publishing isn’t cheap, I decided I was done with writing until I found an agent and a publisher for my next book.  Well, three years later neither of those things have happened and I miss writing.  So I’ve decided to launch this blog where I can post musings about my obsession with running, but also chapters of the sequel to Darkness Drops Again as I write them.  It’ll keep me writing even if I don’t ever become the next John Grisham. So without further ado, here is chapter one of the sequel to Darkness Drops Again: Grasping For The Light. Chapter 1 I jog the last flight of stairs to the downstairs living room in my grey joggers and favorite black tank.  When I reach the bottom I find my best friend Zara Patel sitting on the couch, scrolling t...
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