What Will Your Colleagues Say At Your Funeral?

What Will Your Colleagues Say At Your Funeral?

I attended a funeral with my mother recently for a man who died too young. The service was packed, and the first person to speak was a colleague of the deceased. She stood up, shakily, and said, “He believed in me when no one else did. I was an alcoholic and a drug...
9/11 and Mister Rogers

9/11 and Mister Rogers

9/11 was scary. There was a time when people would ask, “Where were you on 9/11?” and they would share their stories of fear, horror, and how that fateful day changed them forever. Often the people who are best at helping with fears are people who work with...
No Topic is Too Serious for Humor

No Topic is Too Serious for Humor

  If you are in business and you want to make a point, lighten up. A few weeks ago I wrote that the more serious the topic, the more humor is needed. A grocery store in Vancouver understands, and they are using humor to make their point. Humor is the way they are...
Mimosas and Menial Labor

Mimosas and Menial Labor

  The year of my forty-fifth birthday, my college friends and I got together for a celebratory weekend. We left behind eleven children and six husbands for four days of rest, relaxation, and reconnecting on Amelia Island in Florida. One morning over a lovely...