A biography for Ginger Zeehasn’t been written yet.
“I've been lucky to find a husband who doesn't judge my past.”
“I was, am, and likely forever will be a huge mess.”
“We don't all have perfect lives, even if they are seemingly so.”
“The moments before I fall asleep are when my list of things to do attacks my brain.”
“My stepfather and his large family - The Crafts - are from Chicago, so Chicago has always been home for me.”
“Like most women, I want to stay fashionable during my pregnancy - and on TV, that means coming up with something new to wear every day for at least five months.”
“My professional life, in a strange way, has always been going up, up, up, while my personal life was just the complete opposite.”
“I actually think the last time I stood with a race medal around my neck was after an eighth grade cross-country meet. I was gawky and 65 pounds soaking wet, and running 10 miles a day was no big deal.”
“People can say whatever they want about me. They can call me ugly. But don't talk about my child.”
“No matter the natural disaster I've covered, whether it's a wildfire or flood, I always come back with a much greater perspective.”
“I find home renovations almost traumatic. But people can create something great.”
“I loved watching the base of those thunderstorms, the billowing tops of the cumulonimbus, the lightning that effortlessly lit up the lake and the sky. It was gorgeous, so energetic. I was in love.”
“At home, my personal life was regularly falling apart, and from childhood on, I had a lot of chaos. I was addicted to chaos; I was addicted to self-harm, and I had to seek help at the hospital.”
“I understand the atmosphere better than I ever did before. You feel the thermals while paragliding. You are in the clouds. Chasing a storm puts you in front of the cloud, not a book. I hope to learn as I do these things.”
“I always had becoming a meteorologist as my goal from the second I decided, while I was in school, just to study meteorology.”
“I wanted to write a story about my struggles with depression and mental health. It's an issue that needs to be talked about more.”
“If someone hurts me on social media, I want to tell them that they've hurt me. I believe you should say what you're feeling. We should all do that, but what I've also realized is that even a negative comment is from a person who is trying to reach out. When I reply, maybe I'm reminding them that there's a deeper meaning to what they're doing.”
“I want people to know me.”
“I didn't choose to get anorexia. I may have made some childhood-like choices to try to control something. 'I know what I'll do: I'll just not eat.' That was the initial point, but then it spiraled and became a disease - not a choice by any means.”
“There have been struggles and challenges that I have faced that few know about but I hope will help others going through the same thing.”