Somewhere up on a mountain on the fire lines near Lake Tahoe, a young man was able to call home to talk to his parents nearly 1,000 miles away. He’s a paramedic, up there keeping the firemen from becoming dehydrated, keeping their blisters from becoming infected and praying that none come into harms way. He [...]
Filed under: Relationships | Tagged: connecting, sons, together | 6 Comments »
Abundancies. What are the abundancies in your life? I have coined the phrase “Abundant Cs” as a play on words and it seems I just keep finding more Cs that are an important part of life and legacies. Going to work this morning, this one sprang from the radio. This wasn’t the topic, but it [...]
Filed under: Personal Responsibility, Relationships | Tagged: abundant, blame, change, choice, Family Legacy, Personal Responsibility | 3 Comments »
My husband and I were up in Flagstaff over the 4th of July weekend. Sunday morning on our way home from church, our host for the weekend who was driving, noticed a ball of old police tape on the side of the road and thought we might be near the site of the collision [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
This morning I spent a couple hours with the chaplain of Hospice of the Valley. He is a long-time dear friend and my graphic design company has done a great deal of work for him over the years. We were talking about legacies … my favorite topic, of course … because that subject comes up [...]
Filed under: Relationships | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I read on my friend Jackie’s blog (http://bikewithjackie.blogspot.com) a post about keeping a kudos file. Another speaker friend, Beth ( http://www.CorporateCowgirl.com) calls it her “Fan Mail.” Whatever you call it, it’s that collection of special gifts of words given to us by friends, sometimes strangers, when whatever we have said or done created an [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: affirmation, Character box, fan mail, gratitude, kudos, legacy | 3 Comments »
“Coming together, sharing together, working together, succeeding together.”
I love quotes, good quotes that speak volumes in a short span instead of verbosity. The above captures the essence of a blogging with buddies project beginning today. Members of the National Speakers Association – Arizona are coming together for a July Blogathon … working for the benefit [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
