The Power Of Please Unfortunately, that magic has worn off for far too many people as they’ve grown older. “Please” has been replaced by demands and expectations, “thank you” with a grunt or a nod. (And forget about “you’re welcome.” If anyone does bother to say “thank you,” the typical response is, “sure,” “no problem,” [...]

What I can’t wrap my mind around is when people play the victim when they are not some bystander or victim of circumstance. You had everything to do with why I cut you out of our lives. You use social media to attack me. How easy it is for you to put my personal business [...]

Interesting how we have rewritten history, on Memorial Day, our thoughts are with our founders: We didn’t start celebrating Memorial Day until after the Civil War, but it was during that conflict, November of 1863, that President Abraham Lincoln gave his historic and eloquently laid out Gettysburg Address: It is for us the living, rather, [...]

Van Jones says we should be ONE COUNTRY on 2-27-2010 1.communist revolutionary-1994 started a group called storm: standing together to organize a revolutionary movement. They held study groups about theories of Marx and Lennon along with creating a socialist utopia. 2. defended a cop killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal, who pointed a gun at the officer’s face [...]

Have you ever played chess? One player tries to outwit and outmaneuver the other by anticipating the other’s moves to gain power and eventually reach the goal of check mate. It is a strategic game. Situations in life seem to parallel this game. One can predict what the next move will be based on how [...]

We were reading with our son tonight a book about sharks. In the story, it stated that sharks rule the ocean, but when a group of dolphins work together to protect their young they can overcome and kill a shark. They use team work and smarts to outwit the small-brained shark. After reading the book, [...]

We just learned that my dad has lung cancer. My brother, sisters, and mom sat in a hospital awaiting test results. Between the tears, we were able to laugh about how much has happened over the years. My dad is so funny, he gave us his final wishes: A bottle of black Tennessee Whiskey, a [...]

The book is now for sale. We spent today creating a flyer to advertise that the author is available for an interview. My contacts at work have set me up with author days at different schools. My book has been nominated for a number of awards. My life is transforming and it is so surreal. [...]