Christmas Thoughts 2010

Christmas Thoughts 2010

It’s the night before Christmas Eve. Throughout this season, I have been reflecting on how different my life is this year than last: I am living in a new home, a new state; I started a new job with a new team; I am writing this new blog. Looking for ideas for this...
The Power of Social Media

The Power of Social Media

This week, I spent a half hour on the phone with Grant Webster talking about the power of social media. We live in the same town, minutes apart. I met him through Jim Lange; Jim and I attend the same church. I met Jim, though, initially, through social media. And the...
She Would Talk to a Snake

She Would Talk to a Snake

We have a family joke. It’s about my mom, and how she will talk to anyone. She’ll chat up a sales clerk, sharing details about her life; she’ll introduce everyone at the table to a server at a restaurant; she’ll make friends in waiting rooms or...
The Power of Social Media

Making Strangers Into Friends

Yesterday, I enjoyed a lovely lunch. 65 degrees and sunny. My friend, my daughters, and I ate outside to soak up the sun. Midway through our lunch, a woman dining alone sat down at the table next to us. We continued our conversation for awhile, and then she joined in...