He said it so unkindly. And it hurt. I was in a meeting, with many of my peers, and I made a mistake in my presentation.  It wasn’t a big mistake, something that could have been corrected at the end of the meeting, or even at a later time when the meeting…

I got challenged on it. Twice. Someone at my workplace asked me why I acted the way I did when it came to treating others the way I treated them.  Even when they noticed someone was rude to me in a meeting, or a different person took all of the credit for…

Wow- I’ve found him all around me lately. While at work, the enemy is coming at me from every turn.  People are not being kind to each other.  Meetings are getting out of control.  Deadlines are not being met, it isn’t pretty. At home, the enemy is inside my head and tells…

On our family vacation this summer to Washington DC, we were on a semi crowded bus tour of the monuments.  Someone sat down next to my wife’s Mom and Dad (I love them too much to call them my in-laws!) and as they were talking and exchanging pleasantries the person…

It was a frustrating kind of day. We asked our doctor to call in a refill for a prescription, and when I went to pick it up, I realized they had called in the wrong one. I found out that the teacher didn’t turn in the forms we gave them and now the burden…

Recently our family went on vacation to the nation’s capitol.  This was the first time our kids had ever been so it was something we all were looking forward to doing with them – even though it wasn’t an amusement park/water park or something “fun” like that. We stayed at…

A friend of mine passed away last week. He died in his sleep.  He did have a few health problems but was taking care of them the best that he could.  It’s always hard for me to imagine people dying that I know, even when they actually do pass away….

Recently I was on a business trip that involved being at the airport.  On this particular day I had been traveling for some time with various connections and delays.  By the end of the day and me still not at my final destination I was tired, hungry and just “done”…

Recently while on vacation, I had to wait in line to rent a beach chair for our family.  Renting chairs on the beach is a treat for us and we usually will do it once while we are at the beach just to make it an even more “special” time…

I’ve been a little anxious at work lately.  New responsibilities, completing an assignment on time, new leadership, a particular report that was due – all things I’m used to seeing/doing but I have been allowing them to consume my thoughts as of late.  Things are constantly changing at work, which I am…