Risky Business
When Michael and I were in Magadan, Russia, in the northeastern corner of Siberia, adopting our fourth daughter, at one point, we needed to trade a significant amount of American money for Russian rubles. [...]
Woman Overboard!
It can be dark, uncertain, lonely, even fear ridden at the top. How many songs, novels, movies, and sermons have these attributes as their theme? Why? Because our need to be connected with [...]
Venting: A Problem Shared Is Not Always a Problem Halved
It's all fun and games until someone get stuck! This summer Michael and I were visiting our dear friend, Johnny, in Hatteras Village on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Hatteras is near [...]
Laws of Holes Part 2
Recently I wrote about the FIRST LAW OF HOLES: “When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Isn’t that a profound truth on which most of us agree and a situation most [...]
The First Law of Holes
Photo © Chris Wimbush (cc-by-sa/2.0) Years ago, a colleague of mine went into a business venture with someone who promised him that they would do great things together. However, when he got on [...]
The Crack-of-Dawn Habits of Elite Performers
"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise," said Benjamin Franklin. And he was most definitely onto something. What you see and hear and feel during the [...]