A Change of Seasons. . . It’s really not a change of season as much as a change of mood and focus. I speak of having taken the month of July off from blogging. It would be great to report that the time off was consumed by a vacation at the beach, long sauntering walks…
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How I Got Here. . . This past Monday, friend Harold had to have some lab work done. As usual, there was a short wait. Being the antsy woman I can sometimes be, I picked up a copy of Entrepreneur magazine with Jonathan and Drew Scott on the cover. If you watch the HGTV channel,…
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Treasure from the AWI Past Four years ago I wrote a post about “words” and focused on 2 that women seem to rarely use. Not sure why we rarely use them; but nonetheless we do. Perhaps it’s because we’re women and the words have a male sound to them. I don’t want to get too far ahead…
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Sometimes We Must. . . Sometimes we must adjust our days and weeks to accommodate life events we hadn’t planned for. Such is the case for me the past several weeks. Friend’s sudden illness, hospitalization and subsequent stay in skilled care threw my usual schedule into disarray. It also intruded on writing fresh content for…
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I Gotta Be Me! Do you recall the song made famous by Sammy Davis Jr., I Gotta Be Me? “I can’t be right for somebody else if I’m not right for me” is the line that strikes my fancy as I think about what sells. Because what sells is less about the product or service and more…
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The Busiest Season of the Year! It’s the busiest season of the year. Even without children at home, presents to wrap (just checks in envelopes these days), or major baking chores; I don’t seem to have the time to right a fresh blog each Friday. So I’ve dug into the AWI archives to again find…
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One of those days! It’s such a busy season for us all. Not only the Christmas holidays, but winding up another year and preparing for the next. So without much ado, I dug into the AWI archives to find a message that was important in years past and still has relevance for today! As I…
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There Comes A Time. . . There comes a time in everyone’s life when we recognize how fortunate we are even though life has thrown us many curves and sliders! If we fail to do so; then we have not yet matured to the point of realizing that with the great and wonderful comes the…
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Why I Write What I Write. . . It has been said that I’m all over the landscape with my blog posts. One week it’s all about business; the next all about matters of the spirit. Sometimes its more personal and other times it’s pulled from the archives of nearly 10 years of saying something…
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A Single Voice. . . Fear not, this is not a political post. However, I was struck by an amazing thing that happened this past Monday night at a political rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The amazing happening prompted this blog about how one single voice can make a difference. Amazing Grace! Late into the evening,…
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