My Gift to The Graduates of the Class of 2020
Outside of my office the sound of children laughing, playing, running and being chased fills the air. Young friends reunited, having been quarantined for 2 months of no play dates, it’s as if shackles were shed. It is beautiful and sunny. Restrictions have been cautiously lifted to a new color, not yet entirely free […]
Boys Get Flowers for Mom
After every child had given Mom their handmade cards, tears shed as she read their sweet words, daughter promising to take Mommy to lunch the coming week, and watching the boys’ homemade movie for her, our two oldest sons said, “That’s not all!” As they giggled and went out the back door and began […]
May 10, 2020
Your continued response to what you’d like me to send you during this quarantine life has prompted this week’s post, along with it being Mother’s Day. You want to know what has been requested? “We Want to Hear YOUR Original Songs Singing in YOUR Own Voice!” Hahaha. That is very kind of you to […]
The Promise of Community During Social Distancing
In the past week more memorable moments have happened between our front room (video social shares) and front yard (friends performing) than perhaps over an entire year. Below you will find all of the stories and wonderful videos you don’t want to miss! From friends stopping by (who are now on the news and […]
The Promise of the WFH Parent Online Course
How are you doing? I hope this week was a good one and you made it through! The past few weeks I’ve shared some very vulnerable and candid posts about what we are all going through with the pandemic, and in particular, my feeling of not being very essential at a time when that’s […]
Notice The Little Gifts
What a wild 2 weeks it has been! I hope you can feel my prayers that you are well, healthy and safe. I woke up this morning to consider what to write in this Blog as a best effort to engage you, uplift, connect, and began focusing on all of the challenges that continue to […]
Family Feud – Stuck Together 24/7: What Do We Do Now?
“How long until this is over?” This was the question my 8-year old asked us at the end of the first full day of our: Family not having any guests over Not playing with friends Not going to sit down and eat out at the local restaurant Or going to school And just us […]
The Missing iPhone
Today my son found this iPhone at a basketball court in the park we drove 15 min from our home to hang out at. He was so excited. He acted like it was his for about 5 minutes and then became very concerned as to who the owner was. He waited with it by […]
The Last Performance
Between today and yesterday I have been on the phone all day, learning that nearly every conference I was to speak for is either canceled or postponed, leaving me with no stages for a great while. Having made my career on stage for 20 years, this has never happened. I welled up with tears […]
The Promise to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
For the past 3 weeks I have been stressing over one event that has driven me to a certain level of insanity rarely experienced in recent years. I think this level of anxiety has only been topped a few times in recent memory before I did an event. Such as… 2016 as Opening Keynote […]