After one of my shows a cute little girl, about 5-years-old stood staring up at me in awe! “What is your name?” I asked. “My name is Allie.” She answered without ever taking her eyes from my face. “Do you want an autograph?” I asked, thinking that she might be too shy or overwhelmed by the awesomeness of my presence …
7 Encouraging Tips for Running the Race of Life!
This true story appears in my book Fully Alive and has been an inspiration to me for years. Dave Veerman, a vice president with The Livingstone Corporation in Chicago, once lived in Covington, Louisiana. He’d been training for a marathon run across the world’s longest bridge over water, a twenty-four-mile structure spanning Lake Pontchartrain. Dave thought he was in good …
Four Principles for Making Good Decisions
The following post was written several years ago from the perspective of one who has not always made the best decisions in life. I wonder who that could be?? But, I am learning. Since we are still early into the New Year of 2014, I re-wrote this to share four principles that help me make better decisions.
Celebrate Christmas Without Baggage this Year!
Do you ever feel like you are carrying a load of baggage you would love to drop, but don’t know how? Are there fears that plague you, a past that haunts you, or doubts that keep you from living fully alive. I have felt the weight of that kind of baggage in my own life. There is a lot of …
Lessons I learned from Hootie about Breaking Bad Habits!
My daughter Traci had been trying unsuccessfully for months to break my granddaughter, Jadyn, of her addiction to a pacifier. Traci used the pacifier to help Jadyn sleep. Without it there was no sleep for Jadyn or anyone within hearing range of her screams. Within seconds of getting the pacifier she was sound asleep. This pacifier was the “Ambien” of …