I am the very proud mother of two amazing women. Much of their lives it was just the three of us, as their dad and I went our separate ways when they were still very young. As I was facing the initial surgery, it became very important to let them know how proud I was…
Many years ago my daughters, second husband, and I took a trip to Arizona. Planning the Grand Canyon portion of the trip I called a tour service. Big mistake! Basically, they said the Grand Canyon was a big hole in the ground – 5 minutes is plenty. They could schedule us for a tour that…
Since the initial cancer diagnosis, I have never doubted that we would get it all. This was one of those nuisance things, not something that could potentially be fatal. I was driving to a client site with a colleague and said to him, “The upside of cancer…” He paused my thought to say, “You are…
Spoke at an empowered women leaders conference today. Was amazing!
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…
Growing up we never had a housekeeper, with eight of us there was always a chore list of who was responsible for what. As a single mom, I found it more of a necessity than a luxury. Over the years I’ve had some amazing housekeepers, some with interesting quirks. When we lived in Southern Maryland,…