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Thinking Pink
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a fact that seems pretty inescapable with pink ribbons and banners, T-shirts and events. In my workplace, we come together on Fridays, happy of a jeans day dress code and arrayed in every shade of pink. We gather for photos and we love the chance to all make a…
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Holding On
We are getting ready for the painter to come tomorrow. He’s the same painter we have used since we’ve lived in this house and he’ll be repainting some of the rooms he first painted when we moved in, more than a decade ago. It’s time for a refresh and I have spent a bit of…
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Harvest
It’s the season of the harvest, the leaves turning, the air growing crisper. It’s a time of harvest holidays and spiritual reflections, a time to acknowledge and be grateful for nature and growth, for the gift of abundance, for inspiration drawn from the richness of the season. So often, too often, we think about what…
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Asking Forgiveness
Tomorrow is Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days on the Jewish calendar. It’s a day of contemplation and prayer, the conclusion to the 10 days that began with Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of a new year. In addition to the practice of using these 10 days to reflect on the past year and think…
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Floury Prints
I loved the opportunity to cook and bake with my kids, and baking with our grandchildren it is even more of a joy. Most of the grandkids have parents who cook and bake with them and encourage them to learn their way around a kitchen and it shows. Our 11 year old granddaughter is an…
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Being Patient
One way to use the word patient is in the sense of being willing to wait, being measured and calm in your approach and your timing. Another way, of course, is in the medical sense, as when you are receiving care and your identity, and your role, is one of patient. And while patient is…
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Facing It
Conversations about change have been a persistent theme this week, talking about organizational change, professional change and personal change. And the topic has been the source of both thought and retrospection for me. I have often said that I like change and that is an absolute truth in my professional life. Oh, I am no…
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Why Not?
It seems to me, sometimes, that the most important phrase we can hold onto is simply “why not?” It rings true in my life all the time, professionally as well as personally. Now, let me say right off the bat, that “why not” has limits, even for me. There is no “why not” with respect…
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New Heights
One of the incontrovertible facts I know about myself is that my emotional courage is greater than my physical courage. I can think of many examples of this, including a story I have often told. Not that many years ago, we took a trip to Sea World to fulfill one of my husband’s lifelong dreams,…
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Holding It Close
I have often thought the course of our lives is determined by loss. I know that this recognition of pain and acknowledgement of the impact of grief is a reflection of my own life experiences, far too much loss and far too young. I do believe that we have a choice as to how we…
With a Full Heart
Reflections on Leadership and Life
