Observations on people and life and the lessons we learn along the journey...
The other day when I was grocery shopping, there was a little boy running around in his Superman costume. He was having a ball fake-flying around, clutching his cape with chubby hands and making it lift in the air behind him. You couldn’t help but smile. And it made me think of my older son, …
Lexie Armstrong is bubbly and fun. She’s an easy conversationalist; you just like being around her. But the more you get to know her, the more fascinating she is. Lexie sought out playing polo because of her love of horses, and through that sport, she met her husband (a professional polo player). She’s an accomplished …
When I sat down with Mike Reid, I thought we would talk about songwriting and music, with some football in the mix. After all, he played football at both Penn State and then for the Cincinnati Bengals. Post- football, he launched a songwriting career that includes such hits as Stranger In My House for Ronnie …
Years ago, our family took a trip to beautiful Blue Ridge, Georgia. One day, we rented two kayaks and a canoe to float down the Toccoa River. We found a little mom and pop operation for these rentals. The man at the store said it should take us about an hour and a half to …
I started following Scott Young’s blog several years ago when I worked for YouScience, a company that sold an online aptitude test (if you aren’t familiar with YouScience, you should check it out. It’s an amazing resource). When I stumbled upon Scott’s site and learned about his MIT Challenge, all I could think was, “who …
Fall is my season of a New Year. Yes, I know January has the branding for it, but the start of school year is so ingrained in me that I always think of the fall season as a time to establish new routines, new patterns of organization, or new ways of self-reflection, like starting a …
I don’t remember exactly when the rubber chicken came into our lives. Random objects appear haphazardly in the playroom. Don’t you wonder where all that stuff comes from? One day, you rifle through the toy chest looking for some type of make-shift costume for a preschool theme day. (Why are there so many costume theme …
There once was a little girl who would often accompany her father to work. On the car ride, they would pass by a big, beautiful castle with a medieval edifice. She would stare at this castle and imagine the prince or princess who lived there. One day, she asked her father about it. “Daddy, who …
Recently I had a conversation with someone about what truly matters. Which led me to think about this life quiz composed by Leo Buscaglia. It’s from his book Born For Love, and he called it a Love Quiz. But I think it’s a litmus test for how you are doing at life. My mother introduced …
Picture this: you walk into an elevator, and there’s already someone on it. It’s a man and he’s standing right in front of the buttons. He doesn’t turn and ask you “what floor?” but stares straight ahead. Or maybe he clicks around on his phone. You step forward, reach around him a bit, and push …