I am thankful that there are people around us who are be able to offer unconditional and consistent support. They are your parents. They are your siblings. They are your extended family. They are your friends. They are the professionals Read More …
In the end, some things just work out even though you cannot control a lot of things. Many things, like… the weather. or, someone else’s actions. or, temporary chalk markings. or, the timing of the traffic lights. or, the calibration Read More …
We all know that rain causes traffic. We experience it. We lament it. We rue the rainy Monday. Certainly, if the traffic associated with evacuating, leaving home, or emergency stocking of your refrigerator preparing for a storm; that is overall Read More …
In many circles…ideas are free. Think: free speech friends gathering to help a friend family who pulls together to solve a problem or to simply rescue new parents from a colicky baby All of those things, the ideas and the Read More …
Going around the table and checking in with everyone. Did they all share their input, their thoughts and their ideas? Were any of them good? Were any of them funny? Were any of them clever? Were any of them worth Read More …
When we were kids, we could be surprised by a snack in our lunch box that was simply apple rings – thin slices of our favorite apples – de-stemmed, de-cored and de-seeded. Yum. Maybe if we had kept eating them Read More …
The toughest position in any company is the person whose job it is to say (over and over and over) “can I help?” Inevitably, someone will say, and not in a good way, “NO.” Instead, they could just be nice Read More …
If someone looks like they are confused and not sure of what to do next, do you engage or let them flounder? People everywhere – are at any given time – unaware of how to do something. You know how, Read More …
When we have trained ourselves to follow certain habits, we sometimes fall behind when the bell doesn’t ring as expected. Or, we make lists, but don’t look at them. Or, we turn off our ringer, and the bell does ring, Read More …
Today, I was able to volunteer an hour, just an hour of my time to ring the Salvation Army bell, and literally did so, with bells on …my red velvety Santa hat. It was ring, ring, tinkle-ling…while I was singing Read More …