Grow Brave
He’s ready to smile, gather strength, and grow brave. Are you? Why not try?
RIP Theodore Rockwell
In 2001 I joined Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and became a nuclear engineer in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP). I specialized in working with reactor shielding. In 2004 I found and devoured Theodore Rockwell’s book, The Rickover Effect. Published in the early 90s, the book tells stories from the launch of the NNPP and
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Challenge Met
My son just finished his first season as a little league player. That’s a common statement to hear from the mother of a young boy, yet it is made truly special if you know that my son, Teddy, has spina bifida. This spring, Teddy and several of his friends got their first chance to play
Atop the Mountain
When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, a young boy in Wisconsin saw the news reports. Twenty-four years later, that no-longer-little boy climbed the mountain and looked down into the amazing crater created in 1980. This photo, of my husband atop the mountain, was taken on September 11, 2004. On October 11th, just
No time
It seems lately that I’ve had no time for blogging and yet all the time in the world for other things. I don’t know about you, but I’m almost always harder on myself for what I haven’t done than anyone else is on me for what they think I haven’t done. I think about what
Listen for it
You can tell you’re having an impact on an organization when your words bounce back at you. Now, they don’t have to be your original words. They can be concepts you’ve borrowed from other people. Yet, you’ll know you are having an impact when you hear those words you’ve uttered spreading out through an organization.
Let’s Face It
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin I’m sure there are changes you’ve been longing to make in your organization, your community, or your life that you’ve been putting off. Think of today’s quote of the week and challenge yourself to face
Today
Extra Medium via Compfight Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is a dream. All you have is today, now, this moment. What are you going to do with it?
Positivity
Too happy today? Too angry? Check your positivity ratio at PositivityRatio.com 3:1 is ideal. How did you score? H/T to Dwight Otis for forwarding me the link. [Writers note: As I typed this post this morning my youngest daughter–age 20 months–wandered out of bed rubbing her eyes, looked at me, said “Hi Momma!” and crawled
