Jacqueline Marmo's blog

I must be the only college-aged student who doesn't take pictures at every outing, every holiday, every vacation, etc. My camera is currently broken, but that's beside the point. My mom was famous for taking a slew of pictures of my sister and I (we're twins) during our early years. Then as the years went on, the number of pictures slowly dwindled. I have so many great memories throughout my life and at some point I should have taken my mom's lead...but I didn't.

So, I'm reading this book for a sports journalism class. It's called Little Girls in Pretty Boxes by Joan Ryan (published in 1992 then updated again in 2000). It focuses on elite gymnastics (and a bit of elite figure skating) and the hidden struggles the athletes go through such as eating disorders, injuries and delayed menstruation.

Life is…

“It takes a thought to make a word and it takes some words to make an action. It takes some work to make it work, it takes some good to make it hurt, it takes some bad for satisfaction. La la la la la la la life is wonderful. Ah la la la la la la life is full circle” -Jason Mraz, “Life Is Wonderful.”