• If you know me, you know I love talking to people. I enjoy engaging in conversation whether it’s one person or a crowd, a stranger or a friend. I can talk just about anything. But there’s one subject you will not hear me discussing … money. For as long as I can remember, discussing anything […]

  • As I walked through the hallway at work, a couple of people seemed to sense me fast approaching.  They stepped aside and said “You look like you are in a hurry so we’ll get out of your way”. I quickly but honestly said with a smile , “Oh, I always look like that!”  I immediately […]

  • I am a practicalist.  (I don’t know if that’s even a proper word, but it seems to describe me quite well). Life has to make sense…and if possible, I would like to have all the details ironed out before I take a single step forward in a new or different direction. But the more I read […]

  • There’s been a problem in my household that has been worsening over the last few months. I will ever so sweetly tell my kids to do something- pick up their trash, put their shoes in their room, put their markers away, and then, I just wait.  I wait and wait and wait.  I will leave […]

  • I think it took a long time for me to understand the power of obedience.  The laws of the land in their intent are always meant to protect us. Without laws, civil unrest would break out and anything would go. While laws are put in place to keep things fair and in order, sometimes they […]