That awesome lady on the left making her best "beast mode face" is Emilie. She's one of my chicks. When we first started training, Em told me, "I'm not an athlete. I'm smart. I grew up thinking that since I was smart, I didn't have to be good at physical stuff, so don't expect me to be some athlete." Since then, we laughed, cried and worked our way through some hard sessions. She's lost weight, she's run her first 5k (and signed up for more) and we talked about what happens when we define ourselves and put each other in these little boxes like "smart" and "athlete," confining ourselves to a singular definition and what happens when we let ourselves out of that box...Then, a few weeks ago, I get an email from Sarah at a website called SisterhoodAlliance.org letting me know that I have been nominated by this fabulous woman to be spot lighted on their web site for two weeks. I was speechless. THEN I find out that Em is one of the editors of the web site as their sexual & reproductive health managing editor, working to help educate women! This woman is truly amazing! And she raises chickens (and two cute kids, but CHICKENS?! Fresh eggs = SCORE!)!!!
That gorgeous lady on the right (the clean one, not the dirty one, that's me :) is my sister, Stephanie. When I decided to quit my corporate job almost a year ago, she was lovingly honest with me, making sure I had thought it through and what it would mean financially. She's so protective of me :) After a great conversation, she was in 100%. A few weeks later, I randomly received a piece of jewelry and a note from a Lia Sophia rep that my sister had nominated me to win a piece of jewelry and included the touching letter she had written up about this life change I went through. She never told me about it, it was just a surprise, and again, I was speechless.
I say all of this to make this point....SUPPORT each other as women. Lift each other up through love & honesty, working through our issues and becoming more awesome versions of ourselves. GROW GROW GROW always. Never stop & never give up.
Visit www.sisterhoodalliance.org and if you feel so inclined, check out what I had to say in my spotlight at:
http://sisterhoodalliance.org/2014/04/01/lynn-hancock-sisterhood-spotlight/
