What Are You Waiting For?

What Are You Waiting For?

Earlier this evening, the happy sounds of fourteen girls echoed through the ravine behind my house. The bravest of the bunch, eight or ten, waded into the creek, while the rest played in our treehouse, climbing the rope ladder, swooshing down the slide, watching us...
Experimenting with Facebook Questions

Experimenting with Facebook Questions

For me, using social media is all about experimentation. Try something. If it works, try it again. Didn’t work so well? Tweak it a little and try again. Recently, I have been experimenting with Facebook Questions. I have tried a few that worked really well....
Lessons from a Blogging Break

Lessons from a Blogging Break

I took a week off blogging. To many people, that would not be a break. But I gave myself permission to take a break for a week — or longer — and that was enough for me. I have given myself permission to depart from my strict blogging schedule. No more promises to post...
What We Remember, What We Forget

What We Remember, What We Forget

I’m curious about what people remember and why. I don’t have a fantastic memory of anything before…yesterday. In fact, earlier this week I connected on Facebook with a high school friend. Do you remember… ? Nope, don’t remember that. How...
Developing Others

Developing Others

Investing time and energy in helping others’ develop can seem like a huge undertaking, and it is. Many years ago, I worked as a tutor at local YMCA. One afternoon, one of my students began sharing her story with me. Due to a crisis in her family, she needed a...