The Lawn Lady Doesn’t Know Me

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Let’s talk about how friendship is different from business contacts. Friends are simply people you know well enough that you’re happy being yourself. The more you know them, the safer you feel to be you. You may not reveal all your secrets, but you can be your back-porch self with them.  When your honest self shows […]

Like Father, Like Son

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In honor of the good fathers out there. We don’t have a family night. It’s not because we are too busy or because we think it’s a bad idea. It’s because of our family culture.  I want to share one way Dale changed our family culture. Growing up as the oldest of four kids, my […]

A Three Cup Day

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My youngest’s favorite book last year was discovered through Reading Rainbow. A Three Hat Day told the story of a man who, having lost his parents, filled his days collecting hats. Some sad days he wore two hats. But, then came a day so dreary and impossible, he layered three hats, one on top of […]