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This morning’s service at crossroads was one of my favorites of all time.   They talked about “the wolf” (money) as part of their ” who is afraid of the wolf” series. The concept is simple and timeless: either you serve money or you have money serve you.  Or as the pastor said ” if you […]

“Your frustration is delicious” “You think this is hard? Waterboarding is hard!” “I don’t think anyone else will want to swim over to your island of misfit toys” “that was the most offensive things I’ve seen in 20 years of teaching, and that includes the elementary school production of “Hair” “it’s a good start, you’re

The more I advance in my career, the more I wonder how I’m going to be able to manage it all.  It is true that as an “individual contributor” (ie-no direct reports, lots of work generated by you vs. through others), it is very possible and doable to balance it all.  What do I mean

Once in a conversation with Dennis he said something that stuck with me.  He said that sometimes our lives feel like a countdown to the time when we actually become the people we’re supposed to be.  Every year we get to “peel the onion” of ourselves and get a better and better view of our

After 2 years and 9 months we are finally ready to toilet train Lucas.  We’ve read “potty-training” information on the web ad-nauseum.  The truth is that we had been putting it off for about a month.  There are about two hundred and fifty different “criteria” to evaluate if your child is ready to get potty

This Halloween was pretty simple: a recycled bunny, a pirate and the parents.  Thank Goodness I wasn’t pregnant like last year and so I was able to go out with Lucas while Dennis stayed home to give candy to the trick or treaters. Halloween in the United States is very different than in Puerto Rico.

    After watching the movie “The Cove” I went to their website to find more information and find how I could help.  The movie website has a link to the Ric O’Barry organization (www.saveJapanDolphins.org) and there I discovered that less than 5 days away was the International Day of Peaceful Protest in Japanese Embassies

I was a fan of “Sea World”.  I had grown up watching dolphins both in the wild and in Orlando (when on vacation).  One of the most unforgettable experiences in my life involved a pod of wild dolphins swimming alongside our boat in Puerto Rico when I was a little girl.  I can still close

Once upon I time I got trained, by the Puerto Rico office of my company, to deliver an “Effective Business Writing” class.   Since I moved to Cincinnati, and the general offices, I trained another person in PR to take over this training.  Interestingly, she also moved over here and the office has called me

About a month after I gave birth to Alan, I told Dennis that I was thinking about signing up to do the Chicago Triathlon.  In the past, I have used events, such as a triathlon, to motivate me to train and exercise. Since I was trying to lose 40 lbs of baby weight I thought an