Finding Yourself When You Clean Out
Storage Room Clean Out With two of my three boys off away at college, I promised myself that I would do some cleaning out. So, over the weekend I began…
Category: life experience
Get Out of My Way Mentality: Sources of Frustrations in Daily Life
For the last few days, I’ve felt a rant coming on. I seem to be in one of those periods when almost everything bothers me. It happens on occasion with…
Qualities of Leadership Series: #2 Resilience
What do you consider important for students to know? Is it the content in your class? Is it how to apply that content to everyday life? Or, might it be…
Life: It’s All About Perspective
Over the course of the last year, I’ve done a great deal of soul-searching. I have come to the following conclusion. Life is all about perspective. It is filled with…
August = Allergy Season
August means allergy season in our house. Sneezing, eye-rubbing, and allergic salutes can be seen performed by any one of three family members. My entire life has been plagued by…
Sewing, The 70’s, and Grandma
I was telling a friend this weekend, as we stared at a tub of old doll clothes, my grandmother made all the Barbie Doll clothes my sister and I had…
Qualities of Leadership Series: Being Inspirational
Earlier this year I wrote about leadership, what it is and what it is not. There are many qualities that leaders share. Who do you consider a leader? Why? What…
Savoring the moments of piles on the floor and cluttered closets
Over the last two weeks, I have realized that I really need to do some closet cleaning. This feeling has been augmented by a couple of factors. One is that…
