Gatsby’s Penny
“See a penny, pick it up. All day long you’ll have good luck.” This morning when the young woman at McDonald’s handed me my change from a drive thru breakfast, the wheat sheaves on the back of a penny...
View ArticleYour Permission Slip
Back in 2008, I signed myself up for boot camp with a single goal: I wanted to be able to do a military style REAL push-up by my 40th birthday. Three weeks later, I did three! Three months in, after...
View ArticleThe Teacher and the Professor
I am tickled pink for my Wesleyan College sister, Virginia Bowman Wilcox, who was just named one of the 20 best education professors in the state of Georgia! She’s come home to Wesleyan and currently...
View ArticleAn Encourager
One of the biggest lessons I ever learned fit on a Post-It note. Back in 1994, I worked with a delightful woman named Lana. Very positive, gentle and bright. I stopped by her cubicle one day to ask...
View ArticleThe Pinterest Rabbit Hole
Preach on, preach on. I believe I used that quote in the story “The Doormat.” I’m dipping my toe into the Pinterest pool, mostly to find inspiration from great women. Because let’s face it, I’m...
View ArticleA Red Marble Sink
My sister said that yesterday’s story about San Francisco reminded her that business trips can be fun. And since she happens to be on one right now, I thought I would entertain her with another story...
View ArticleYour Voice
This is one of my favorite quotes about speaking up for yourself: I had heard it as “Speak your truth, even if your voice shakes.” Then in the course of researching who said it, I found the full...
View ArticlePooh Has a Potty Mouth
For at least 20 years, this has been my favorite quote from Winnie the Pooh: but after the last few days, I’m kind of leaning towards this one…
View ArticlePainting Your Elephant
One morning at work when I was feeling particularly beige and suburban, like a…oh, I don’t know, like a beige Suburban, I stomped into Nicole’s office and whined, “My friends have the coolest jobs....
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