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Say something that matters.
Welcome to my blog! Sometimes I’ll offer advice about public speaking. Maybe I’ll tell you a story. Or perhaps I’ll make you laugh, teach you something interesting, or help you think a bit differently on a topic. Please consider subscribing so you don’t miss any of my posts.
Children’s Books Published!
Lifted Up Blog
1966 Summer Vacation, Part 2
What WERE my parents thinking? I was just shy of 16 and so naïve and innocent that anything could have happened to me. But they blithely put me on a train by myself in Johnstown, PA, bound for Chicago for a vacation with my sister. (See post from...
How I Spent My Summer Vacation, 1966
The summer of 1966 I was nearly 16. My sister Barbara gave me the gift of a vacation that was an amazingly big deal to me; I had never been on a real vacation. Our family of eight (six kids within a twelve-year span) from a small PA town didn’t...
Motherly Advice
This will be a strange Mother’s Day across our land. Typically, two places are full on the day when we honor our moms (churches and restaurants), but not this year. I have had several people tell me that they even forgot that Mother’s Day is this...
Reduce, Reuse, Barter
I cannot sew. I swear, it’s something in my DNA that prevents me from doing anything with a needle and thread. And that includes using a sewing...
Sometimes All You Really Need Is A Good Book
My two favorite gifts this Christmas were books from my daughter. A Shutterfly photobook of my daughter’s and son-in-law’s wedding was a labor of...
Resolve NOT to Make Resolutions
What is it about the hanging of a calendar representing twelve months of our future that makes us feel hopeful, as if ANYTHING might be possible?...
It Runs In The Family
Sometimes when I laugh softly, I hear my daughter’s voice. It’s not in the knee-slapping-tear-producing-stop-it-you’re embarrassing-yourself” loud...
Not Just Any Christmas Tree
The day after Thanksgiving I make a 45 minute drive to Loweland Farm in Middleburg, Virginia, to purchase my Christmas tree. They are open for tree...
The Most WOW! Message Ever
Note: Today's post is based on my 2017 Christmas letter. So if you're on my card list, you'll be reading something that feels familiar! Author and...
The Faces of Christmas
About half a dozen years before my mother-in-law Rosalie died, I interviewed her to preserve her life story not just for those of us in this...
Not So Far Away In A Manger
Being a little obsessive, it bothers me when Christmas cards, decorations, and plays depict the Wise Men showing up at the manger in Bethlehem the...