About Me

Susan Rodman– wife, mother, runner, writer, musician. You are most likely to find me at home teaching school and writing my heart out.

Two years ago in April, after running a Spartan race, I discovered a small lump in my breast. I worried over it till fall, then had it checked out. It was inconclusive on some tests, highly troubling on others. I determined, with the help of a lot of prayer, research, and health-minded studies, to pursue a strict plant-dominated keto diet and to embark on my own running journey of a 1000 miles, which I did. Running for me is like flying to a bird. I’m free.

The earliest dated journaling I have of mine begins at ten years old. My favorite past-time as a girl was to walk the fields of our four hundred acre farm in Alaska with my notebook in hand, pick a patch of tall grass, lay in the middle of its green nest, and look up at the sky. Running captures this same feeling of serenity and freedom, and I often inhale writing inspiration through this outlet.

The world of music opened for me at nine years old, when I began to take piano lessons and sing in a school choir. To this day, these two things never fail to bring out the heart and soul of words for me, and I thank God for this wonderful gift.

I can’t choose between running, writing and singing, and I often find inspiration doing all three at once-hence the blog name:) My goal is to oxygen-saturate the readers with hope, encouragement, and real-life stories. We all run this road of life- sometimes at a crawl, sometimes faster than our legs can carry us. As the Spartan racer would say, “AROO!” We’re here to cheer each other on.