Tuesday, June 20th, 2017
I was participating in a routine meeting when one statement changed everything. “Why would you take the benefit of an increase in salary and turn it into a detriment?” Brook Hales asked. His simple question began to turn...
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“I’m really tired of living in an apartment,” Jacob said to me as we were leaving a home he and his wife Madeline had just made an offer to buy. “But she isn’t tired of it. She...
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There was a ringing. It went on and on. Then just as it suddenly began, it stopped, for a moment. The ringing started again. I rolled over in bed, hoping it would just stop. I remember muttering...
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“I’m just disappointed in myself!” I heard the voice on the phone say to me. I was listening carefully. My heart began to hurt at that moment. I know what it’s like to stand in front of...
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One of my close friends has been working for many years to accomplish a long-term goal. He’s close to success by almost all measures — except for one. His wife called me this week to ask for...
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It happened as I was driving down a quiet country road. I didn’t know a soul. It was all right, because I felt insulated inside my car. There was an approaching car just ahead. I looked straight...
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My telephone alerted me to an incoming call. I looked down to see who it was and felt a warm rush through my chest as soon as the name flashed on the screen. Because of my relationship...
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It was hard to see. So, he pushed his large, fuzzy, black head between the fence slats for a better look. “Oh, you came to say ‘hello?’” I said as I walked over to rub its protruding...
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Merlin, my Welsh Corgi, and I were walking toward the barn on a cool, quiet morning on our way to feed. The cows were hungry; I could tell as soon as we approached, and they began to...
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The grass all around me was dark green, thick and tall. It should have been. It was spring and the weather had provided an almost perfect pallet for ardent growth. Some of that weather was now raining...
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