This week has been really challenging for Derek and me. We’ve thrown a couple of pity parties (there may have been some wine involved), but we’re not sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves. This is a great time to get to work! To train, focus on partnerships and the opportunities we have to go racing this season. I heard Jennifer Aniston speak once about how it’s ok to throw a pity party for a couple of days and after that… move on and be done! I am done — that’s not to say it’s been easy. I’ve questioned everything: What am I doing this for? Why am I doing it, etc.? I keep coming back to the same answer. I love Derek and I love to tell inspirational stories. The only trick is, it’s a ta

Celebrate the Wins For those who’ve been following, you already know bits and pieces of our story. If you are new to our story here it is in a nutshell. My husband and I are 42. We’ve been married 18years. We got a late start at following our dreams for many reasons. We dove in three years ago — pursuing Derek’s dream to be a professional race car driver as I found a way to pursue my dream of documentary film by following him as he pursued his. Our journey hasn’t been without its bumps in the road from overcoming family skepticism to balancing home, work and family, to learning the business side of racing. We now find ourselves working to overcome one of the biggest hurdles in racing,

I am not 100% on board yet with the philosophy of “going with the flow,” but I have the best training ground for it. When you are the wife of a race car driver and someone who loves action, you learn to go with it and like my aunt says, “Be like a leaf floating down the stream.” The good news about this philosophy is that you become very comfortable with who you are when you let go of trying to control the outcome and celebrate your spouse for who they are and learn to be comfortable in your own skin. This has not always been easy for me. I’ve often feared getting left behind. I’ve also felt unnoticed at times because people are usually watching Derek (me, included — that’s why I married hi