While at a client site for work this past weekend, I came across the following mission statement on a business man’s whiteboard. “My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style.” The wheels in my head immediately started… Read More
It is so easy to think about everything you should have done or could have done but talk about internal torture. Sure, we all have lessons to learn throughout our life, whether they are decisions on what company to work for, how to raise a child, to something as simple as not needing that… Read More
The last two weeks don’t feel real if you are watching the news; all the destruction from the storms, thousands in shelters, and thousands without homes. If you are like me, as you are watching the news, it just can’t be real. But it is real, too real, and it is going to take a… Read More
It has been a year since I started my blog. I want to take the time and thank you for following me and supporting my efforts. I am very lucky to have the ability to write and have others enjoy my words. It always seems when I feel like people have gone silent, someone will… Read More
Just like a new mom nests before the arrival of her baby, I find myself mid-August, without fail, nesting. I start to clean out drawers, organize closets, discard items I have not seen all summer long, throw food away that has expired, clean blinds, move furniture, the list goes on. Here is the thing, once… Read More
I can’t help but be reminded I am middle aged. I have crossed over to the other half of my journey here on earth. When I look back on my life, I can remember many years as if they were yesterday, and some memories I can see as if I watched it on a movie. … Read More
I have learned Deanna takes her meals in moderation. It is truly a lesson we can all learn. It does not matter the meal, or how much she loves it, she is never going to finish everything on your plate. If you have had the pleasure of meeting her, she is very thin with long… Read More
At the start of the summer, I challenged everyone to write down a few items you wanted to accomplish for yourself this summer. I thought I would provide an update on my progress. Two weeks into summer, my unplanned happy hour with my friend occurred. It was the perfect Friday night and we had some… Read More
In Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s book, Gift from the Sea, she states something so profound yet lost on us in the daily grind. “When the heart is flooded with love there is no room in it for fear, for doubt, for hesitation.” I define love in this sentence as gratefulness, graciousness, admiration, appreciation and compassion. If… Read More
A tradition Deanna and I have any time we visit the beach is to walk along the shore line and collect sea shells. Both of us, with pail in hand, searching for the perfect shell. At each find, we stop and show each other what we have retrieved, admire the beauty, examine the imperfection, comment… Read More