Betsy Crumb
I've Got Your Back
"It is to say, my humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in yours. We belong in a bundle of life. It is not I think therefore I...
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Betsy Crumb
- Sep 18
- 3 min
Bear With Me
“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” - A.A. Milne I think a...
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Betsy Crumb
- Sep 6
- 2 min
Myra y Ben
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. - Voltaire Day 32 Heroes: Myra and Ben When...
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Betsy Crumb
- Sep 5
- 2 min
It Takes a Village
When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. -...
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Betsy Crumb
- Aug 14
- 4 min
Thank God for... LA Fitness? And Alex.
Well, I’ve been neglecting this blog. Thank you, faithful readers, who are still with me. I promised at the outset that I’d blog the ups...
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Betsy Crumb
- Apr 18
- 7 min
Cows and Cacti and Another Year of Life
I don’t think anyone who knows me would consider me to be boring or complacent, but it’s one of the deepest fears I have. That I’ll wake...
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Betsy Crumb
- Mar 10
- 4 min
The Person I Used to Be
Six years ago today Megan died. I didn't know, of course; not yet. No one knew until the Tuesday after. Tuesday, March 14, 2017: the...
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Betsy Crumb
- Feb 26
- 4 min
Betsy and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad run
"It's 100% easier not to do things than to do them." - John Mulaney Sometimes... running sucks. Sometimes the alarm goes off in the...
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Betsy Crumb
- Feb 5
- 5 min
Where Are My Friends Tonight?
I started 2022 with the intention of running a sub 2-hour half marathon. The year went by, and instead of reaching that goal, I ended up...
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Betsy Crumb
- Jan 27
- 3 min
Effort v. Achievement
This week at the ungodly hour I get up and go to yoga, my favorite teacher asked us at the beginning to consider effort vs. achievement...
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Betsy Crumb
- Jan 21
- 2 min
30-Day Challenge
I've been going to the same hot yoga studio for a while now, generally 3-4 times per week. I've used yoga largely to supplement running,...
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Betsy Crumb
- Jan 21
- 3 min
The Overlap of Creative and Vulnerable
I spent a lot of my life thinking vulnerability equals weakness. Discussing my failures, or hell, even having failures, was the sign of...
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