I joined the guys on a trip to the gun range yesterday, where they planned to do a little target practice, then get in some sporting clay competition. This isn’t a place I know well; it’s definitely more Darren’s domain than mine. No matter, though, because any time Jake and Zack are involved in something, … More On Guns and Butterflies
During this Thanksgiving week, I’m thinking about the people in my life and how social media has been an instrument for support, love and friendship when it was most needed. I remember like it was yesterday the day I jumped into the Facebook world. It was a rainy afternoon in 2009, and watching my new … More More than Selfies and Silliness
When time got short for Mom, our talks became even more candid. Painfully so. Actually, sometimes it was really “beautifully” so. In January, with just six months left (though we didn’t know it at the time), conversations with Mom were about love and fear and the future. Not Mom’s future; she worried not about her … More Coffee with Dad
Sitting around the conference room table in the early 1990’s, our management team dissected (some of us more enthusiastically than others) the wisdom set forth by Steven Covey in his management doctrine, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. It was required reading for the team, and each Monday one person’s name would be drawn from … More Finding My Deeper Burning Yes
The sand was hot and the air was thick and heavy for a November day at the beach. Wednesday afternoon, and I was practically all alone. Finally. After weeks of craving time alone at the ocean, here it was. Me. And God. We have a lot of talking to do. Here on the same beach … More Sand Dollar, Broken and Raw
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