This isn't related to anything we've been talking about....

I've talked before about my daughter. She's tall. I'm a bit taller than average for a man, and she's the same height as me. She's strong and always has been.

Just this week she was telling me about when she was little and her friends came over. We were getting in my truck and the other little girls couldn't open the door and couldn't climb up in on their own.... And my DD tried to do the same. She was laughing remembering and she said, "You just weren't having it. You weren't mean, but it was a pretty firm 'No. You can do it. Quit acting like that.'"

I told her the same thing when she was talking about racing in gym class or in the playground and letting the boys win. She brought that up too. "You weren't having it Dad! You were just like.... 'No. You're fast. Be fast. Don't change for anyone.' And I told you boys didn't like it if you're strong, and you said, 'Find a stronger boy.'"

We've looked for some suitable body goals, fitness goals and role models for her.

I've never seen Ilona Maher on Dancing With the Stars. I found her looking up female athletes with my daughter. I'm AMAZED by this young woman. Her speed and power, athleticism, and endurance is just wild.



There's something I noticed repeatedly.... You see it at 1:30. When she's really running, she tucks her chin down and she's gone.

I don't know her story at all... But I hope that is something she's done since she was a little girl. I hope she had someone in her life that just encouraged her to be herself to the fullest. I hope she had someone tell her, "Ilona, every time you get the ball, you just go! Show them how fast you can be!"