At a little after 9 on the evening of October 23, 1989 I thought it was too late to call my dad. I had just gotten off the phone with my sister in Arizona — I had called to tell her I was pregnant. It was my first and I had just been to…
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…on you, and me, too
“Men don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses.” I don’t know who said that the first time and why it stuck but if that was the case, every woman I know would wear glasses, ALL THE TIME, to simply have a say-so about their bodies. Because a say-so doesn’t just mean “no”,…
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…on all I really needed
I don’t know what came over me. I just heard myself say… I’ll buy it. Without hesitation, I agreed to buy a 1996 Chevrolet Silverado Truck. I hadn’t been shopping for a truck. I never even considered considering it. But there I was, wanting it to be mine. Was it the color? For sure. Bright…
Read More…on when all we can do is all we can do
“Tonight there is a war going on, 10,000 miles away, but for me the day was pretty much like any other day.” I wrote those words in a journal in August of 1990 – at the start of the Persian Gulf War. I remember that day more because of the events in my own…
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…on rising to the occasion, not the bait
Last night I attended a hot-air balloon festival with my 10 year old daughter and some friends. It was a beautiful, balmy early-September-in-Indiana evening. You could say it was perfect. We had taken camp chairs and our cameras (my daughter is a budding photographer) and set up a spot near the end of the field…
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…on geese, ganders and leadership through followship
“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander”. This phrase has been going through my head a great deal recently as there are two small lakes in front of my home. Filled. With Geese. Their migrational pattern has landed them, literally, in my front yard and I have begun watching them, intently, because…
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…on clocks, clickers and the doing of being
In duality of being and doing according to plan, I had prayed for control to the God of Productivity to help me fit it all in.
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…on mothering and “daughtering”
Adding the letters i, n, and g to all kinds of nouns has got to drive the people who make a living “teachering” all kinds of crazy. I, for one, embrace language enhancements of all sorts. If you have read any of my other posts, you’ll find made up words and made-over phrases because, sometimes,…
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…on interruption, intermission and the evolution of innovation
In placing the power of devices, not just in children’s hands, but in their heads and heroic hearts, DanTDM is pushing the evolution of innovation.
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…on either, or, and… and.
The power of some hand-written words on paper. They set a goal. They frame a wish. They declare a dream in a way that carries power only if it empowers the dreamer. “One day I want to cure cancer and to stop animal and human abuse.” Wow. That’s quite a line up for a 4th…
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