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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 28

By on August 28, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Today was a very special for me during this time of Ramadan, because I finally got to spend some time with some of my local Muslim friends. Actually, that doesn’t sound quite right. How about “my friends who happen to be Muslim”? Yeah, I like that better. Last year, I got the opportunity to coach [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 27 (The Travel Day)

By on August 28, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Although today ended up being a really long day again, I must say that I appreciated not having to wake up before the break of dawn to do some water-loading. My rambunctious children, however, really enjoyed the the fact that we were in a hotel, and were up shortly thereafter anyway. For my kids, hotels [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 24

By on August 24, 2011 in Personal, Religion

I still feel like I’m in a pretty good groove with this fasting, although today was a bit tougher at times. It’s an odd balancing act. I want to do what I can to keep my body healthy and not overdo things, but I also want to feel this fast, because it kind of seems [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 19

By on August 19, 2011 in Personal, Religion
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Soccer is a big deal in our family. The top goal on my 5-year plan is to make enough money to afford a trip to the World Cup in Brazil in 2014. My son would be 10 years old at that time, and I would love to take him. My oldest daughter would only be [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 3

Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 3

By on August 4, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Sorry for the brief post. I’m sure that during these 30 days, I’ll have a few of these where I am too spent to be much good on a keyboard (or anything else). Tonight, I had the opportunity to end my fast on a soccer field. It was only ten minutes before sunset, so I [...]

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Introducing… Megan Rapinoe

By on July 15, 2011 in Sports
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I had a change of heart this week. After years of deriding, dismissing, and mostly ignoring the highest level of women’s soccer, I now count myself as an aficionado of the female version of the beautiful game. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always been supportive of my sister and my friends in their soccer matches, [...]

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