Running is more than movement.
It’s discipline, patience, and belief built one step at a time.
Some days are easy, others are heavy — but every run teaches you that you’re stronger than you think.

Keep moving.
Keep trusting the process.

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Today's Small Moment - looking back on this day in 2023 when I was driving from Virginia to Michigan to bring dad to live with us. As always, I have to stop at one (or both) of the parks on either end of the Bridge. This shot is from the Colonial Michilimackinac Historic State Park in Mackinaw City in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

With the snow on the shoreline and the view through the trees, this is one of my favorite views of the Mighty Mac.

This will be uploaded to my gallery at BeautifulSunPhotography.com soon.

#gratitude #smallmoments #findingjoy #mindfulmoments #EveryDayMoments #OneDayAtATime #Michigan #MackinacBridge #AYearForArt

I’m going to try posting something every day. Not a New Year’s resolution exactly — more of an intention. A place to share gratitude, something beautiful or funny I noticed, and a small reminder to stay grounded when a lot feels heavy right now. Grieving my brother, and walking through my dad’s decline at 92, makes this feel important.

For today, this photo is a double screen drive-in theater in Ohio that I used to pass on my way to and from Michigan. It is ~2 hours south of my nightly stay over in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I always stopped for a photo or two or three or more. The backdrop to this vintage drive-in was almost always dramatic clouds and skies.

#Gratitude #Mindfulness #FindingJoy #OneDayAtATime #GentleMoments #everydaymoments #roadtrip #ohio

And boom — addiction hits. You fall, get up, then fall deeper. Sliding into chaos, crossing boundaries, feeling trapped. One step, one day at a time. Change is necessary.

https://whothefami.substack.com/p/rock-bottom-or-is-it

#Addiction #Recovery #MentalHealth #Healing #OneDayAtATime #LifeStruggles #SelfReflection