After college, I entered the ‘real’ world. I still loved running, but now, I wasn’t on a team or under the direction of a coach to run a specific time or distance. I also married my first husband (my high school sweetheart) about 6 months after graduating. I remember my Read more
As a young child, I was dreadful at the typical sports played by children in the 1970’s. I had amblyopia (commonly known as ‘lazy eye’ where one eye is weaker than the other) and strabismus (where the eyes don’t work together). To put it simply, I had no hand-eye coordination Read more
As the third of four girls, growing up, I rarely had my own clothing that no one else had worn before. I can count the number of new outfits I wore during the first 16 or 18 years of my life on both hands. Compounding this issue was attending Catholic Read more
Many will remember the George Clooney movie about terminating employees, and have a laugh at the idea of George flying around the world to exit people. Of course, that didn’t end well, but every once in a while, based on what I do professionally, I get a dig about being Read more
As I contemplate the past 29 years since my son was born, and reflect on his birthday today, it brings to mind our journey. About 8 months or so after our wedding, we discovered that we were pregnant with our first child. This was a very exciting time for both Read more
When my daughter was teaching in a preschool a few years ago, the director of the school brought in an ‘expert’ to discuss generational differences. My darling Millennial assessed it as a means for the director to finally understand how to deal with the teachers and the students’ parents, not Read more
I had a rather ‘mean girls’ type of experience recently with another woman trying to say that she had all kinds of ‘dirt’ on me. It was all made up, and basically drama for the sake of drama. I found it to be a bit of a flashback to high Read more
I’ve traveled to a lot of countries at this point in my life. Often, my travels have been for work, but increasingly they are for pleasure. I’d like to share my thoughts about eating out in general, and in other countries. Try it! You just may like it. . . Read more
From the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church USA, . . . The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. . . Read more
How to choose a restaurant when traveling I’ve been asked how I decide which restaurants I go to when visiting a city for the first time. Here are my thoughts about picking where to go: Recommendations by friends or family who have actually gone to a restaurant in that city, Read more