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...

The “Lance Armstrong” of Your Money

by | Jan 31, 2013 | Financial

Recently Lance Armstrong, the seven time winner of the Tour de France cycling road race, confessed to doping through his career as a cyclist. I admit I have not watched the interview with Oprah Winfrey, I do not follow cycling as a sport and I only know Lance...