“A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.”
~ Helen Rowland quotes (English-American writer, 1876-1950)
You could substitute teenagers or a whole host of others to include and expand beyond men in this quote but let me start with the main audience I anticipate for this blog and that is women. It seems that I and perhaps by a rather broad inclusion many of us are most guilty of speaking rather saltily to others all the while expecting others to be very sweet in their discourse to us. So let me encourage as we begin to understand our communication and its impact that our words matter and even more still how we season them.
Another quote, this one from Elizabeth Elliott sums up this season of life….
“When I was young I knew all the answers but no one asked me the questions.
Now I am old and everyone asks me questions but I don’t know any of the answers”.
It has been my pleasure and privilege for the past 41 years to be walking with Jesus, 33 years to be married to the same awesome man, 32 years to be parenting nine children and 27 years to be educating at home and abroad.
I am hoping to mostly scratch at the questions I have since recall I certainly don’t have the answers. I am striving to speak with sugar and live as salt for I am a mass of contradictions.
Welcome
Be sweet,
Mary
My Bio
Mary Gunther understands what it means to operate in a rapidly changing environment. And she likes it that way!
A graduate in the 2nd class of women from the United States Naval Academy in 1981 and mother of nine, she has been involved in leadership education for the past 30+ years.
After attending her first ICC conference in 2005, she brought ICC conferences to Maryland and started the first ICC Chapter. Mary’s interests are varied and diverse: from graphic design, organizational health, strategic action, latest tech trends, and visual storytelling. Along with her experience and training in leadership development, Mary holds a certificate in Art Integration across Curriculum from the Kennedy Center in Washington DC as well as a certificate in Christian Nonprofit Leadership from Christian Leadership Alliance.
She assumed her current role Chief Influence Officer in May 2017. Mary lives in Annapolis MD with her husband and a rapidly changing at any time number of children.
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