This is Mariel's dad, Phil. I've had the great joy of being Mariel's technical help and second set of eyes for She Persisted by Mariel since the beginning. A few months ago she asked me to write this final post for her.

This summer, I took a Sports and Society class where I learned about a lot of the social issues in sports. It was very interesting, and...

I love college football. To me, college football is the lifeblood of the Fall, and my life is consumed by it from August to January. I...

I am devastated. Who could’ve ever imagined anything like this happening? It feels like the end of the world, like an asteroid has struck...

I’m a little late to the party, but I just decided that I would like to share one of my goals, regardless of how scary or unrealistic it...

Dreams are weird. Sometimes I think they try to predict the future or make sense of your life, but sometimes they’re just random....

Obviously, I’ve been kinda busy the past month or so… There have been some times of ease and boredom, and others of stress and feeling...

Disability. I hate that word. I hate using that word, I hate being called that word, and for a long time I couldn’t figure out why. But...

“Nevertheless, She Persisted” has kind of been my mantra throughout this whole thing. It’s more something that fell into my lap, rather...