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Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
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  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
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  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
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  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
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  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

Moms, you rock!

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  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
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  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
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  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

RACE DETAILS - WARNING... IT'S A BOOK!

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  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted September 8, 2009
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  • OW!!!!!! I'm hardly moving! LOL! At the craft show I do on Saturdays, I twisted wrong when moving my boxes and pulled a back muscle... so Sunday morning, when I got up I knew I was really going to hurt ...

a plan

pam013
  • By pam013 · Posted January 10, 2009
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RACE RESULTS! DEAD LAST, BUT I FINISHED IT!

bhmtnbiker
  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted September 6, 2009
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  • Just got in around 7pm tonite - just as the sun set! Here's my unofficial time... (give or take 5 minutes because I'm so exhausted, I can't think!) 11 hour 32 minutes 57 seconds! And I didn't ride in ...

DAY 150: working with what you've got

sanssurnom
  • By sanssurnom · Posted August 28, 2009
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  • Comments in my journal post from yesterday really got me thinking, and I remembered a time when I was sitting around feeling thoroughly bitter and mentally listing everything I hate about myself. Overly ...

my own best friend is me :)

honeybee_757
  • By honeybee_757 · Posted May 26, 2009
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  • i guess it took me so long to finally fall inlove with myself again. That probably sounds weird but have you ever fell in love with your boyfriend or your husband all over again?? After i had my son i ...

Laughter and Tears

GringoGrandma
  • By GringoGrandma · Posted March 9, 2009
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  • Today, such riches of love and kindness in the posts. I've laughed, cried, prayed especially for several and ended up praising God that your all there. Let's all give it our best today~ You are all cared ...

TIME TO BREAK BEING COMFORTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!

slimmint
  • By slimmint · Posted February 7, 2009
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  • This weekend ive been doin alot of thinkin..Im thinkin about who i want to be, and how will i gett there. To be a success i need to push myself past comfort zone, and its alittle scary.. Right now im ...

The Scary & Blessed Friday the 13th

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  • By GringoGrandma · Posted November 13, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • I just realized it is the 13th-Friday. Remembering what happened many years ago while driving semi truck with my now deceased husband. We had really pushed it, and were totally worn out. We stopped in ...

Emotional Baggage keeping me fat?

foxykay21
  • By foxykay21 · Posted October 23, 2009
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  • You know it's hard to admit self destruction but I do it. It's hard to admit that you are flawed and I am. It's hard to admit that you have internalized problems that may be keeping you stuck in a rut ...

A Tale of Terror!

bhmtnbiker
  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted October 15, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • Yesterday, I woke up from a good sleep, got dressed in my workout clothes, and had my normal breakfast at 5:00am. By 6am, I was feeling good and went down to my basement gym to start my exercise. I was ...

Reflection on HINI virus

GringoGrandma
  • By GringoGrandma · Posted September 13, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • Slowly I am gaining energy, I am so thankful. I wish I really knew the dynamics of this virus totally. After having this definitely pegged as HINI. Still I have the medico's dx of swine in March. It was ...

Putting it on paper - Page two!

rktk
  • By rktk · Posted September 8, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • I suppose I could start by asking how do I feel or what do I do for fun? - Just kinda in a limbo state today - I'll go back to the Dr. on Thursday afternoon late - I plan on asking what exactly they did ...

Here i am..

slimmint
  • By slimmint · Posted August 2, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • Well ive been really thinking about were i want to be in every part of my life..ive thought and learned ALOT. As most know ive lost 70lbs so far, but have 96lbs more to lose.. I think will losing weight ...

Music

PopeyeSaylorGirl
  • By PopeyeSaylorGirl · Posted July 31, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • Okay, so my best friend and I LOVE to dance around to make ourselves feel better. We've been told that we should've been born in the 60's because we love to dance around to music from the 60's and 70's ...

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