Embracing the Freedom of an Early Start
My alarm was set for 7:00am, but there I lay at 6:30, wide awake at the hotel. Because my flight home from DC wasn’t scheduled until 12:30pm, I knew I…
Read moreHow Splashy Is Your Wave of Influence?
Another ocean wave crashes into the surf. Line after line the waves come, one after the other. For a brief moment in time, each wave receives its glory. The loud…
Read moreOpen a Lifetime Gift: Can a Childhood Diary Change You?
I was only 8 years old. I didn’t know the gift I was about to receive would last a lifetime. On Wednesday, November 25, 1970, along with a hand-cranked Frosty…
Read moreIs Technology Stealing your Handwriting? Don’t Forget How to Be Personal
From my front door, I watch the mail carrier open my mailbox and slip something inside. I smile. I still like receiving snail mail, even though the odds of it…
Read moreWelcome the Outsider
Have Enough Favorites? It’s been a few years now, but I remember the night Brian brought me Vietnamese spring rolls. He had made spring rolls a couple weeks earlier and…
Read moreYou Might Be an Introvert If . . .
You might be an introvert if . . . You cry easily at commercials You have friends who talk more than you do You prefer texts to phone calls You…
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