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Signs of the times

Are you experiencing the shift in how we live and connect? Here is some of what happened in a 24-hour timeframe during my stay at home. Sign 1 – Important life events disrupted – It was my second wedding to attend on FB live. The first wedding were friends we met in a church small group this past summer. Their May wedding plans were canceled so they opted to get married in March in a…

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The anatomy of failure

Don’t commit. Don’t ask for help. Forget about it. You can succeed at failing but you really don’t want to :-). After all, no one begins a venture with the intention to fail at it. My definition of failing is not being willing to make any change in our lives and relationships to make progress on what we know will make our love and life better. Research shows that the older we get the less…

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Win the day even when anxiety strikes

It’s been an upsetting, unsettling, chaotic and noisy week. Predictions are that it’s not letting up soon. Depending on what you pay attention to it can throw your next minute, next hour, even your next days for a loop. It’s hard to turn away from the news and know what to focus on. If your regular programming has been upended and it has here is my strongest counsel for you. Develop and keep a morning…

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Cancer and Coronavirus

I reflect on the two cancers I had in my thirties as a tremendous gift. A gift for then and a gift for now because what I learned in the midst of cancer is still applicable to the coronavirus that faces us. I didn’t think too much about my cancer. At the time of my diagnosis and treatments, my six children were all under the age of 10. They needed my attention. And quite frankly…

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Boy Meets Girl

On Christmas leave in 1985. I headed home from my duty station in Newport, Rhode Island to my parent’s home in Annapolis, Maryland. While at home a Newport friend called and asked if I would be interested in going out with a friend of his who was stationed in DC. I don’t recall asking very many questions but I do remember my very sophisticated and warm reply, “Well, its a free country.”  Gary called me…

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