My checkered past

Reminiscing with my dad the other day, we started talking about the way different family members had shaped our lives–even through lessons they may have never intended to teach. Enter my grandpa. I was by far his favorite granddaughter–so what if I was the...

Behavior modification

I’m actually kind of shocked that no one mentioned that the same lessons I want to teach my daughter, noted last week in my post Best behavior, would be just as valuable to my son. In fact, I was kicking myself for not acknowledging this in my post, because...

Break it down

Years ago when I started working for my current employer, my boss put together an immersion plan for me to get to know the company. In addition to a fair amount of meet-and-greet activity, he made sure I got some hands-on experience. Hands-on, in this case, bore...