40x40: Coming Soon

This part of the site is still under construction, though the story behind it is already well underway.

After my divorce, I needed a big goal to walk toward. My kids and I were all coming out of a messy chapter, and I wanted them to see what it looks like to choose a direction and keep moving, even when everything feels impossible. The Manitou Incline became that goal. It felt huge, unrealistic, and downright laughable with the health I had at the time. I couldn’t do it in the days we set the goal, and it honestly looked like something I might never be able to do.

That one decision changed everything. I agreed to it blindly, hoping to inspire my son, and knowing I had a little over a year to become the person who could climb it. Showing up for that dream forced me into new daily choices. Those choices built habits. Those habits rebuilt my life. The Incline ended up being the spark for everything that came next.

I put it on my vision board. I printed giant posters. Someone gifted me a canvas photo of it. I made a weekly calendar tracking how many weeks were left until my 40th birthday and how many weeks had passed since the moment I said “yes” to this goal. I saved the papers I carried with me on the days I summited. Every piece of it has mattered.

This climb has shaped my community, my friendships, my mindset, my entire sense of who I am becoming. What started as an “unachievable” goal is now within reach, and eventually this page will hold the full story — the growth, the learning, the breakdowns, the breakthroughs, and the identity shift that came from choosing something hard and refusing to quit.

Keep checking back here. The journey is still unfolding.

We can do hard things.