Chasing the Dream...one step at a time!

I am taking the next step in my Dream...creating a blog.  I love writing ~ the best form of expression from within .  I have always had the dream (not yet a goal) to write a book some day.  For now this will be my personal journey album...thank you for joining me on the adventure!
First, please allow me to define Chasing the Dream 2013!  Chasing the Dream ~what does this look like?? Chasing~ as it applies to me~ is BEing a Human Dynamo, it is as simple and as complex as that! The Dream~ that throughout each day I LIVE with an energetic, healthy, positive, and inspiring lifestyle~ creating initiative that impacts my family, friends and many others around me (that i know are watching, but I may not even see).  Through my own life I desire to Inspire and encourage others to be the fun, powerful, courageous, sexy, outrageous, daring selves that they desire to be!  I choose to LIVE FABULOUS! Since I have been on my journey toward a healthier lifestyle, I have discovered that I have inadvertently impacted people that I did not even realize were watching me. 
    I am Chasing the Dream to live the WIDTH of my life, not just get to the end of my days and only have lived the length. Each day I LIVE as a Survivor ~ Cancer changes lives! I view my cancer as the starting line of an event I am choosing to participate in.
My greatest passion in life is my family~  My husband of almost 22 years and my now two teenage children.   My desire is to help each person realize that they have it within themselves to be the best "ME" that they can be, starts right here at home! I sometimes wish i could go back in time and begin again at the age my children are now at...but because I can't...I take steps forward!
 Chasing the Dream is a more recent passion, one that I have embraced with high energy, determination and a positive attitude.  Upon the news by my oncologist (2009) " We have not found any more cancer cells ~ What are you going to do now?"  Being January, I believe any good football fan would reply the same as I did "I am going to Disney!!" Little did I know that day what my Disney Dream would truly evolve in to!! Two year Anniversary, January 2011, I was on the starting line of the Walt Disney World Full Marathon and that was just the beginning!!

 I never understood why people run, unless of course they were being chased. Now, i know why!  I do not NEED to run to define who i am...i DESIRE to run because it helps to define who I have BECOME!   I have learned that being an athlete & living a fit lifestyle is much more than mere exercises.  An athete is first and foremost a mind set! It incorporates nutrition, hydration, attitude, motivation, realistic goal setting, support systems, and most importantly passion about the fact that EACH of us has in us the potential to be FABULOUS! My desire is not to finish first, i do not ever forsee myself being the fastest, but if there is shiny Bling for my collection at the other end I will FINISH what I start! I just completed running ANOTHER runDisney half marathon on February 24th, 2013 ~ The Princess Half Marathon~  as member of a fast paced team, Team in Training Flex ~Chasing the Dream for a Cure~ and raising funds for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society to make a difference for cancer research and to benefit patients and their families. I know first hand cancer need not be a death sentence but may be a second chance to live life fully.  
I hope you choose to join me on this adventure~ i am excited to share where I have been, my day to day, and the journey ahead as I Chase the Dream 2013 (and Beyond ...said in my best Buzz Lightyear voice!)