I always thought the saying “One day at a time” generally applied to those in a recovery program, but recently it has been echoed in my conversations among friends and family. Death is a funny thing. The impacts on your soul can hit you like a mac truck or sneak up and surprise you. Everyone… Read More

I walked into the post office earlier this week and front and center is a kiosk with gift cards.  One of the slots read “Find what you love, love what you find.” I read it not once, not twice but three times.  On the third time, I think I literally said “YES” out loud! It… Read More

I have spent so much time this past month going through old pictures. I found over 5 albums packed with pictures from my mid-twenties, trips to the beach house, The Irish Express (St. Patrick’s bar crawl in Philadelphia), and countless New Years Eve’s.  It really took me back, so much so, I grabbed them all… Read More

When trauma hits, people handle it differently. The last month or so watching my brother wither away left me absent-minded and tired most of the time. It was hard to do normal tasks so things like home organization or regular workouts fell to the wayside.  With that comes, losing some things, like the extra set… Read More

I have been very blessed to surround myself with those who care about me as much as I care about them. In the good times, it is easy and fun and you walk away after seeing each other with buckets overflowing. In the hard times, meaning you are going through something, it is an overwhelming… Read More

My brother and I had very different lives. While I was chasing dreams to do better and be better, he was fighting internal demons that craved drugs and liquor. When we were little, it was just my mom, him, and I.  He did everything a big brother is supposed to do to torture a little… Read More

We have a little black 13-pound dog, she is half poodle/half dachshund. (yes, one day Penelope looks all poodle, the next all hot dog) She recently has been under my feet. I turn the corner and kick her, I bump into her, I even stepped on her ear the other day.  We have had her… Read More

You really can apply project management skills to everything you do.  Here is an example we walked the kids through the other day. The responsibility for getting the trash in order and out the door lays with the girls, but J oversees the process. Hence, he is the project director, while one of the girls… Read More

One of my Sales Directors has a great saying, “If you don’t know you’re winning the deal, you’re losing.”  She is right, every single time she says it, I feel an aha moment.  Always later in the day, when the words are still lingering for me, I start thinking outside of work.  Do I know… Read More

We have a saying at work that fits all aspects of life, you might have heard it before, “How do you eat an Elephant? One bite at a time.” Last week I was running around, too many home duties and work was busy. One morning I woke up anxious about all the tasks ahead of… Read More