WHAT FILLS YOU UP?

This week my day is starting out with a cold, steel cut oatmeal “parfait”.  Let me say, I am not a fan of oatmeal…. I am a cream of wheat kind of gal.  I can even do the instant cream…

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HERE’S WHAT I DON’T KNOW

Here’s what I don’t know.  What would have been my “end result” if I had remained at the college I was working for? What was next for me in that structure.  I am not talking about job title, description or…

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ENTITLEMENT VS SHARING

We all have someone in our circle that we know has connections.  They can get tickets, reservations, cheaper prices, backstage passes, coupons, you name it.  Or maybe we know THE  person who is the performer, speaker, owner who can “get…

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LOVE AND DISCIPLINE

There is so much going on in our world today.  Each “thing” has opinions, feelings, groups, people, organizations, families involved.  Each “thing” has sides. Each has articles, blog posts, social media jabs, and TV reports.  So much rhetoric. So much…

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CONSIDER THE SOURCE

We have all heard this expression before.  We have all been admonished with this saying.  We have all said it to another person.  We have even thought it ourselves.  CONSIDER THE SOURCE. Just yesterday a friend of mine indicated that…

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BRUTAL HONESTY

It seems that the more aggressive I am in my blog writing – the more readers and comments ( on FB – not on the blog itself) I seem to generate.  Last night I mentioned this to my DH –…

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CHARACTER COUNTS

I have been looking at this all wrong.  I was disappointed in the wrong thing.  I am back to grinding my ax about leadership. And just a warning – this is brutal honesty today. So be sure you want to…

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A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE

This is the first time in nearly 33 years that I have been apart from my husband for more than a few days.  The last time we were apart, was the summer before we got married.  I moved back to…

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SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY

I think that most states, if not all, have a law regarding cell phone usage while driving. And they should.  However, the irony of restricted cell phone usage while driving is an interesting one. As I am travelling through various…

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ALWAYS VS NEVER

My good friend “M” said to me today “You can’t say NEVER…that’s an invite to the devil”.  She is right in the fact that Satan loves a challenge and he likes to gloat when he distracts his target. Or causes…

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