My wife, Diane, plays in a women’s golf league at Forrest Crossing in Franklin on Tuesday of every week. It was on one of those Tuesdays that I found myself driving past the golf course after finishing a morning of errands and meetings. On a whim, I pulled into the parking lot and talked one of the staff into giving me …
10 Grown-up Life Lessons from the Lips of Little Children
Occasionally words of profound wisdom come from the mouths of babes. I searched and couldn’t discover who collected these, but they are priceless. A few of the more humorous ones are posted first; the last ten are life lessons we should all be learning.
Who’s in control?
I couldn’t move. I lay strapped to the hospital bed, connected to the world only through a set of tubes that led to blipping machines and bags of fluid. I couldn’t actually see the tubes or the machines, but somehow I knew they were there. Muffled shouts and screams were coming from the corridor. I couldn’t smell smoke, but I …
How Much are Three Slices of an Olive Worth?
Years ago I began a weekly post titled, “Winner or Wiener.” It was written to encourage companies that practiced excellent customer service and to encourage change in businesses that practiced poor service. I stopped writing the post because I was too tempted to make it a rant against poor service I had experienced. Today I gave into that temptation. I …
Oh Say Can You See?
As I sat at my desk today, a note on my calendar caught my eye. It was a reminder that my dad, survivor of 3 1/2 years as a prisoner of war, died eight years ago. Under the note was a URL. When I typed it into my browser it brought up this picture and a forgotten post.