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Got any plans for the upcoming week? Got any plans for changing those plans? I like to start my week of with my “Here’s what’s going to happen” list. A rundown of my appointments, my commitments, my deadlines, and my “got-to-get-them-dones.” And then things change. I’m learning that adjusting my plans isn’t a bad thing — and sometimes doing so is the …
Sometimes life can scare me to death. On the days I let myself be ruled by the what ifs and the might bes … well, I’m a dead woman walking, overflowing with worries. Of course, I’ve had to sign on the dotted inummerable parental permission slips detailing how my kiddos could have been injured, maimed, and yes, killed while playing school sports. …
I see words in color. Not every word … names, mostly. And certain other ones. No rhyme or reason to why or why not a word appears in my head in color or basic black. My name? Beth My husband’s name? Rob Home family friendship laughter celebrate sorrow tears And yes, I have my favorite color: …
People like to talk about success — they like to bandy about different definitions for it. Success is this. Success is that. And they’re all usually talking about something as far from failure as you can get. I’ve been reading Alton Gansky’s book Imagination @ Work. (Alton’s a friend and a colleague. I admire him. Even if I didn’t know …
I went to college as a special education major. I’d always had an interest in sign language and braille. And after visiting Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf and hard of hearing in Washington, DC, while writing a high school report, I selected special education as my college major. That lasted all of one semester. Why? Because I asked …
“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.” ~ Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman So I’m mixing things up here at the blog again. In months past, I’ve blogged Monday through Friday. For a while, I scaled back to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Then I ramped it back up again to five days a week. …
