I just spent the most amazing week and a half with my granddaughter and her parents. I could not have ever imagined the power of my emotions: to have her face light up every morning to see me, to have her crawl into my arms to cuddle, to have her take her first steps and…
Growing up my dad had started with a couple of tropical fish tanks. This grew into his become a full-fledge breeder. At his peak, he had over one hundred tanks. A task we could do to earn some spending money was to help clean the filters. At that time filter were packed with fiberglass and…
I have never been a dog person. In fact, as a child, I was deathly afraid of dogs. My grandma had a dog, Rusty, that I would quiver and hide behind a parent until he was locked away. The story is a cat got in my playpen as an infant, and more likely it was…
After my first husband (the father of my children) and I divorced, I was bound and determined I would move back to Long Island. The plan was I’d live with my mom, while the girls and I resituated. There were many trips up to Long Island. The girls became familiar with many landmarks along the…
This is perhaps the greatest compliment I’ve ever received. And I’ve been fortunate to have received it several times. Couple blogs back I’d mentioned the dad from Pakistan that uses me as an example for his son and employees. This is different, this has been from several perspectives. I teach Action Learning team coaching to…
Several months ago I mentioned to my husband that this summer I would like to have a party for turning 60 and being cancer-free. Before we started the planning my sister mentioned she would like to have a joint sixtieth birthday party and to renew her wedding vows. As background information, I come from a…
For many years I worked as a computer scientist. In general through school and work I was treated the same as the guys. In school there was the occasionally teacher that was a bit more lenient because they appreciated my legs. There was also the occasional one that was downright nasty because I had the…
My first husband and I parted ways soon after we moved into our first purchased home. At that time I decided I was moving back to Long Island. My mom was supportive of the three of us moving in with her. After a few weeks of looking I landed a job on Wall St. I…
Today the shacks are classified as historic and thus are safe (for now). When Pa built the place it was just him. Then he had four children who each had a bunch of kids. Then each of those kids had kids, and so on. Now reservations are needed to get time at the shack. I…
I had an amazing experience this past week. One that touched me very deeply. I had been contacted from a fellow in Pakistan about questions he had around Action Learning. I am considered as one of the top in the field, so this in and of itself was not unusual. We exchanged several more emails…