Recipe from a Desperate Cook

by | Feb 6, 2013 | General

I’m not really a cook, per se. But I do like to eat, which means that, on occasion, I have to actually make something. And the one thing I dread more than cooking is actually going to the grocery store. This means that there are times when I either have to be very...

I’m Still Here

by | Feb 6, 2013 | Leadership, Workplace

My favorite author and speaker, Joyce Meyer, has been known to say that her testimony is, “I’m still here.” I understand that message. I’m still here too. Still standing. It’s been a long, winding, uphill road navigating through corporate America. If you have found...

While I’m Waiting

by | Feb 4, 2013 | Faith

Waiting is one of the most difficult experiences in the whole world. It doesn’t seem to matter much if the object of our delay is good or bad; either way, the time spent waiting feels excruciating. As a child, the anticipation of Christmas morning felt like almost too...

I Wish I Was Funny…

by | Jan 31, 2013 | Leadership

Sometimes I wish I was funny. Not so much in real life, but in the way that I write and speak. I have listened to others and wished I had the ability to make people laugh. Most of the time my writings come from hard experiences of my life, vulnerable places, places...

Drama From A Cold-Weather Fashionista

by | Jan 31, 2013 | Just Laughs

Fashionistas have a challenge on their hands in this incredibly polar weather coming straight from our Canadian friends to the north. Hearty Midwesterners know to wear layer upon layer of clothing as the temperature gauge sinks lower and lower. A turtleneck with a...