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What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today? My intangible oldest things are my smile and positive attitude.  I strive to have those on every day no matter what.  My tangible thing is a faux pearl necklace that was my husband’s grandmother’s.  She gave it to me and told me “it’s not real but will stillContinue reading “The tangible and intangible”

Are you a leader or a follower? I have found that to be truly effective I have to be both. In following the verses in the Bible on humility, compassion, grace and patience, I am a better leader to my kids and in my community.  In following other successful business leaders and their example ofContinue reading “To be balanced, both!”

List your top 5 favorite fruits. Raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, cherries, and blueberries. Actually I love eating just about any fruit except for kiwi.  Sorry kiwi.  It’s not you, it’s me. We’ll just have to start seeing other produce.

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life? The improvements I am trying to make can be summed up with one word:  Focus. Focus on reading 30 minutes a day, focus on saying no more often so I have time with family, focus on the positive around me and not the negative.

Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life. My positive impact salute goes out to the “everyday Joes” trying to do their part to make the world a little bit better. I have met customers this week making handmade curtains for veterans’ housing, a lady running a homeless shelter throwingContinue reading “Everyday Joes trying to make the world a little better”

What does freedom mean to you? Freedom.  A powerful word. Even more so depending upon which preposition after it. Freedom from stress, grief, burdens, debt, low self esteem, doubt.  Freedom to pursue one’s dreams and aspirations, to travel, to love.

What public figure do you disagree with the most? Wikipedia defines a public figure as a person who has achieved fame, prominence,  or notoriety within a society.  When you observe today’s “public figures” I ignore most of them. The level of entitlement, lack of humility and grace, the absence of civility is astounding. Most ofContinue reading “To be honest….I ignore most of them”

What is your career plan? This prompt was a very timely one considering I just completed a cross country relocation to be a store manager.  And my husband got the long awaited news yesterday his application to the Washington bar was approved! But better than all of this is as a mom, is knowing myContinue reading “A very timely question…”

What was the last live performance you saw? Just before we moved from Colorado our entire family got to see Comedian Tim Hawkins live.  His comedic roast of the city of Boulder and the audience’s rousing singing of “Sweet Caroline” and “YMCA” will be memories we won’t forget.

What do you do to be involved in the community? The two things our family does together to help is package Ziploc bags of travel size toiletries and hand them out to homeless in our community and when we get food items on sale, buy an extra few cans and donate them to our localContinue reading “Help the homeless and the hungry”