Curse the Media

July 30, 2024 Samantha Schell Friendship, mental health, Perseverance, Teaching beliefs, bias, impartial, media, neutral, opinions, polarizing, politics 4

Everything is so negative in the media these days it’s a wonder anyone can maintain any sort of relationship, let alone have any semblance of intellectual discourse. In fact, some people have made their agendas and ideals their whole personality, that you can’t remember the last time they posted something on social media not related […]

If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough

July 23, 2024 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, self confidence, winners bjj, dumb, tough 4

It’s no secret that my knees are deteriorated far beyond what is deemed acceptable for day to day life, let alone for competition purposes. You can hear the clickety-clacking and gravel crunching from clear across the room, you can feel the bones grinding and overlapping with every movement, and you can see the grimace on […]

Father Time

July 16, 2024 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Family, love, Parenting aging, family, life, life lessons, love, time, wisdom 2

Blink and you’ll miss it. My god, is that so true. I used to think it was just something old people said, or other parents just stated in order to commiserate with their peers. But the older I get, the truer it is that life just goes by way too fast. And what’s even crazier, […]

Life’s Too Short

July 9, 2024 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Family, Friendship, love grief, life, mistakes, pain, sadness 3

As improbable as it is, sometimes I wish I can go back in time, and fix things or prevent others from happening. I know that it does us no good to dwell in the past, but when horrific and tragically traumatic instances occur in our lives, it is hard not to wonder “what-if?” If only […]

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