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Offense Not Taken

Offense Not Taken

I adore when talking to people and they use the terms, “No offense or I don’t mean to be rude, but….” as if that excuses the next series of words that fall out of their mouths.   How would someone not be offended? I think in this world where...
Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal

In life, we have all experienced the misplaced verbal assault of someone in a place of fear.  It happens.  There have been times where I have delivered the attack only to later realize that my uncertainty about a situation seeped out sideways leaving people I care...
Only Human

Only Human

This week I have had the opportunity to own my humanness and to give prompt amends to heal the wounds that I seemed to have inflicted.    It’s hard to be accountable for your actions at times.  Maybe shame or guilt is the crutch that stalls the accountability. ...
Hard To Get

Hard To Get

I marvel at the competition that colleges are apart of today.  Bryce started getting invitations as early as sophomore year begging for his attention.  As time went on and he narrowed his choices to two schools, there was still a influx of emails and mailings still...
Save The Trees

Save The Trees

It has been sitting there for weeks.   Taunting me.  Laughing at me.  I know that a pile of papers is incapable of that, but the feeling still resides.  When I received this mountainous ten page assessment to fill out for Bailey, I grew annoyed.  Mostly because for...