by Amy Parrish | Feb 6, 2019 | running, success and failure, Unconventional Sobriety
Running has always been something I was good at. Not good as in I’m fast and winning, good as in I will do it regularly and I like it. Running makes me feel powerful, capable. Unique. The way I love it is a different way than the way I love yoga. Yoga is a...
by Amy Parrish | Jan 30, 2019 | running, success and failure, survivor, Truth, Uncategorized
In this picture it’s 2009, I’m in Charlottesville VA, I just finished running a half marathon. Look how proud I am! It’s so lovely, that grin on my face. I was also very hungover, and could barely walk after, but I did it, and I loved it. I started...
by Amy Parrish | Nov 6, 2018 | running, Unconventional Sobriety
Things that happened on my run this morning: Two eyes appeared in the light from my headlamp. I stopped. There was a deer, a buck. I paused to watch him and promptly got a sharp bite from some unknown creature under my right arm. It scared the crap out of me- I...
by Amy Parrish | Jul 19, 2017 | complete truth, running, Unconventional Sobriety
The complete truth has me out running again regularly. I get up, step into my short shorts, and head out the door. My legs are short, muscular and stocky. I’ve wondered who I was from the waist down my whole life. I look down at my legs and think about...