Trophies to Give Away, Memories to Keep

It’s funny how memory works. Last fall, in a fit of de-cluttering, I came across a storage bin full of old trophies: awards from various run/bike/swim events I’d competed in, cross-country ski loppets, mountain bike races. When I was in my late teens and early twenties, endurance sports were a big part of my life. […]

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Trophies I Gave Away

And away they went, six trophies from the run-bike-swim days of my mid-to-late twenties. Medals from cross-country ski  races. Toastmaster ribbons and certificates. A celebratory mug from law school… why is it that we keep these things? Come to think of it, why do we collect them in the first place? A question like that could […]

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