Inspiration

You gotta use soap, anyway, right?

May 6, 2013

I wouldn’t say I get overwhelmed with requests for reviews but I do get a pretty fair amount. And generally, for me to accept the review, it has to fall into one of the following categories: 1. Really expensive I don’t accept payment for reviews so if the value of the product is really pretty [...]

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One Wish for More Wishes

April 25, 2013

Way, way, way back when, I had a dream to travel the world. I planned to start in Jamaica and bask in the blue skies and green, green grass and then travel wherever the world took me. I dreamed of Japan and Morocco and a dusty little Mexican village where I could write my novel. [...]

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Celebrating One Birthday So We Can Celebrate More!

April 24, 2013

It’s somebody’s birthday today! No, not mine. No, not my son’s. It’s the very first birthday of Shot@Life! And here’s my gift to them: On the off chance that you’ve hiding for the past year or kept your fingers in your ears, here’s the 60 second version of what it’s all about. Shot@Life is [...]

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Public Shaming and Driving

April 22, 2013

Thanks to Toyota who sponsored my attendance at the Lifesavers Conference in Denver Colorado from April 13-16th. I took away so much knowledge but I’m sharing with you the one topic that impacted me the most. Consider it my PSA for the month but it’s an important one. *** When I was younger, I couldn’t [...]

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Creating Pictures with Purpose

April 9, 2013

I love it when my worlds collide. It never used to happen that often when I was younger. Maybe it was because I hadn’t created that many worlds or I simply wasn’t working in the right ones. These days, my world includes a lot of social media. I’m fortunate enough to be working in social [...]

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How BlissDom Found My Happy Place

March 27, 2013

As I was reviewing my BlissDom recap post from last year, I realize that it captured how I felt at the moment I returned. When you come back from a conference, you’re usually happy and buzzing and trying to decide which pictures to show to indicate what a fabulous time you had. And usually you do have [...]

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Egg Decorating and Making Kids Happy

March 17, 2013

HAPPY EASTER! Oh wait. We’re not quite there yet. It’s still HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! But we can think about Easter. We can make plans for Easter. We can dye Easter eggs. That’s exactly what my family did yesterday (but be sure to read all the way to the bottom for the real reason we dyed [...]

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‘We’re All Terminal’

March 16, 2013

Sometimes you find inspiration in the most unexpected places. It might be on an airplane talking to a random stranger or seeing a photo in a National Geographic magazine. These are usually my favorites moments to write about. These are the little pockets of life that take us by surprise, usually very pleasantly. I was [...]

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: What I don’t understand

March 3, 2013

All this week, I was thinking that it might be time for a 5 minute brain dump. And as you probably know, Sunday is the best time to do it. When I turned over the reins of Stream of Consciousness Sunday to Jana, I hoped to be able to still participate from time to time. [...]

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28 Days of Impact: The Story That Didn’t Want To Be Told

February 23, 2013

Over the past year, I’ve had an amazing chance to be part of a movement that’s making a difference in the world. I’m working with the Shot@Life campaign in a effort to end polio and raise awareness of the importance of global vaccinations in saving the lives of children every day. But it’s not always a [...]

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