Writing about life... unrefined.
Eventually, all conversations lead to the question, “What do you do?” It’s not an easy question for a blogger to answer when among the uninitiated. I always want to put another title out there so that I don’t get labeled in someone’s mind before they get to really know me. I want them to think [...]
It’s LIVE! My new site. My labor of love. My offering to the world. Live the Sweet Life What’s it all about? Live the Sweet Life is a site that promotes my Y.O.U. Consultation practice. For the past two years, I’ve been busy getting certified in a human assessment technology, The Ultimate Life Tool. It’s [...]
Two guys go to the same high school at roughly the same time. One believes he is more than his circumstances, writes in other people’s yearbooks that he will be somebody someday, ignores the snickers and laughs, gets away from that small-minded little town, and becomes a world renowned speaker and motivator. The other guy [...]
It was 1999. Such a long time ago. Y2K loomed over us like the Mayan Calendar. I had just left my corporate job and returned to school to, as one professor put it, “chase a little piece of paper.” I had not yet met my husband, so weekends when my oldest two daughters were at [...]
As 2012 comes to a close, I’m looking around the house and deep in my heart for things to remove from my life… creating space for all the good that will come in 2013. I used to try to get “more organized” every year, but sometimes, I would go beyond finding a place for everything [...]
First waking thought… Eleven years. Today, I’m remembering that morning and the days and years after. I’m remembering holding my six month pregnant belly… the look of horror on my husband’s face as he turned away from the news coverage to me… looking at my daughters and fearing for their future. For all of our [...]
