Can you remember your graduation? High school? Undergraduate? Graduate? To graduate is to complete a course of training. The experience is a gateway to the future.
Happy Mother’s Day! I couldn’t help a bit of consideration for that outstanding example of leadership and poise that we’ve experienced from birth: our Mom. Whether it’s [...]
I remember the beginning distinctly. At 16, I was obsessed with goal setting, positive thinking, visualization, and the belief that anything I could "conceive and believe, I could achieve."
May I be so bold as to share some good news? I realize that the very notion of “good news” might be somewhat radical in our world of hyper-negative, the-sky-is-falling soundbites. I guess I’m a [...]
Stop for a moment and consider your story. Consider the narrative of your journey to this moment in time. As your mind wanders over your past, you begin to see themes and inflection points.
Pulling up to my house, I saw the truck dumping a massive quantity of mulch onto my driveway. As I walked up, the driver stepped out and smiled saying “That’s a lotta mulch. That’ll keep you busy [...]
This morning, I found myself sitting in a grand hotel lobby, listening to the authentically touching sounds of local Nashville music, and watching the sun's light appear over a city edging toward [...]
Spring Break Season is in full swing. For many living in places prone to a March 30 snowfall, heading to the warmth of the American South is an annual pilgrimage of necessity as the outer limits [...]
A growing sense of foreboding permeated every waking hour. For weeks, he'd watched as the situation worsened. Unsure. Fearful. He prayed. He cried. He struggled.
There was no rhyme or reason. No family history or health indication. What began as mild discomfort morphed into the discovery of a life-altering diagnosis. Then the battle. For life. For sanity. [...]
