Meet Marley, the latest addition to our family It has been over a year since we lost our thirteen year old dog, Cassie. Yes, we missed having a dog around, but it’s been pretty nice without one, too. No dogs to walk in bad weather. No vet bills, arthritis meds, or visits to the kennel. [...]
the nastsy control panel that disturbs my slumber The window above our heads shook violently, startling my husband and I out of deep sleeps. We sat up in bed and listened to the frightening wind storm blowing outside. As our eyes adjusted to the light level in the room, we noticed that both alarm clocks [...]
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I kept scratching the side of my face. I wanted to leave it alone, but I couldn’t help it. I also knew that if could somehow stop scratching, it might scab over before my important meeting the following morning. If it did scab over, then I could put some makeup on it and cover up the redness. That would help my face look [...]
Happy New Year, everyone. I was assigned to a project at work this past year that dramatically increased the amount of traveling I had to do. I went from an average of two trips a year to fifteen. While that might not be a huge number to some of you biz travelers, it sure taught [...]
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This weekend I read the Time Magazine special edition of “Mother Teresa at 100.” I don’t subscribe to her particular religion, but I’ve always admired her ability to lead others. So I jumped at the opportunity to learn more about her. The most surprising thing I learned was that there were long periods in her ministry when she no [...]
I woke up in a panic, sweating. I dreamed about an employee I laid off last year. It was her wedding anniversary and her husband was taking her out to a fancy restaurant. She was dressed beautifully and looked happier and more radiant than I had ever seen her. Another worker came over and scolded me, [...]
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It’s Tuesday morning after the Memorial Day weekend. We didn’t go away on vacation. We did not attend a parade or a church service. There were no cookouts at neighbor’s houses to enjoy. It would have been a great weekend to straighten things up a bit, but as I look around at the toys on the floor, some in the [...]
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A ten-year-old’s wisdom Every now and then, you have an “Ah-Ha!” moment- one that gives you a true glimpse at the philosophical side of life. I had one this week, when I discovered a hand-written list in my ten-year-old daughter’s school bag. It was a list that one of her friends, Kaitlin Hards, had given [...]
Happy 10th birthday, Shelby! Today marks the tenth anniversary of the most significant day in my life. Today is the day my oldest child, Shelby, was born. About a week after we brought her home from the hospital, I had the second most significant day of my life. This time, it was because my husband [...]
One of the most challenging tasks for me as a working mother is balancing work and family. It doesn’t matter which role I’m working on- I feel guilty about not spending enough time on the other one. The end result is no matter how hard I work on a given day, at the end of it some [...]