We Know How to Improvise

My 4 year old daughter has a life threatening egg and nut allergy. We discovered it when she was about 10 months old when we gave her a piece of egg to eat. She broke out in a horrible rash, vomited, turned blue and passed out. I didn’t know if she was alive in the ambulance that was rushing her to the Emergency Room that day. She survived and is fine but now has to live with a constant fear […]

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Being Grateful for Good Health Helps to Embrace the Chaos and Give a Horsey Ride

I flew out to San Antonio, Texas recently for a speaking engagement. As I boarded my flight from Newark Airport, I was in a lot of pain. I hadn’t slept well a few nights during the week and my herniated disc was acting up big time. After a good night’s sleep on my cervical pillow that I now take with me on my travels, I awoke refreshed and ready to go. It was a wonderful. On the flight home Saturday […]

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Grace Comes to Dinner

Dinner time for some may be full of peace and quiet but not in my house. With two young girls, ages 6 and 3, it is full of the sound of little feet running while their mom is in chase trying to put food in their mouth with Sponge Bob blaring in the background. Total chaos! Or it used to be. To bring some sanity to dinner time, especially after a long day at work and the long commute home, […]

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Grace Comes to Dinner

Dinner time for some may be full of peace and quiet but not in my house. With two young girls, ages 6 and 3, it is full of the sound of little feet running while their mom is in chase trying to put food in their mouth with Sponge Bob blaring in the background. Total chaos! Or it used to be. To bring some sanity to dinner time, especially after a long day at work and the long commute home, […]

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Celebrate Choice

As a kid I always had to work on the Fourth of July at my parent’s Dairy Queen because a lot of our employees happen to call out ‘sick’ and it was usually very busy. So I never got to see the Fourth fireworks back then. Nowadays, given that I no longer help out at the DQ as much, I’m a bit more free to appreciate this great American holiday. And I really love this holiday more than any other. […]

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