Posts Tagged ‘love’
Protection & Support
I am blessed with so many great friends, colleagues and mentors. I could probably write for years about the people who have supported me, invested in me, protected me, served alongside me as well as helped me become the person I am today. There are times that the people who invested in my life, never…
Read MoreBeautifully Functionally Dysfunctional
There are times when I speak of my functional/dysfunctional family. I went through divorce almost 28 years ago and my family was broken. We both fought for our children and ended up sharing joint physical custody of our three children. It was a very hard season of my life. We learned early on how to…
Read MoreMom’s Influence
This would probably be an appropriate tribute to Mom’s around Mother’s Day, but I think we should celebrate Mom’s all year long. I am married to a wonderful Mom (and Nana). I am blessed with a wonderful Mom who gave counsel and advice my whole life. She was also blessed with a wonderful Mom (aka…
Read MoreI Did or I Did Not
I feel like life is made up of hundreds of choices every day. The simpler my life is, the less choices I have to make. When I’m crazy busy, I have lots of choices to make and they can’t always be delegated to someone else. When the dust of my day clears, I really make…
Read MoreUse Me
I have been “used” before by someone who has little regard for me as a person or as a professional. I have to say that it hurts to be treated as “disposable”. I have to confess that I’ve used people in the past to get something I wanted and then when they were no longer…
Read MoreDouble Portion
There are times when I’m really hungry and I will have an extra portion of food. This is often a bad choice, because a single portion should suffice. There are times when I feel like I can’t get enough of a good thing, such as a good book or a good podcast – something that…
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