Say something that matters.
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Children’s Books Published!
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
A Flash of Unforeseen Remembrance
Life lessons appear around us each day if we can just remember to be attentive. I certainly wasn’t expecting to find one at a celebration of life ceremony for the son of a friend. I guess because it was unexpected that I felt (and still feel) a...
Itsy Bitsy Teeny
Someone at a party on New Year’s Day mentioned she was vaguely aware of my blog. It turns out a mutual friend had forwarded her several of my posts over the last few years. “How do you figure out what to write about?” she inquired. My standard...
Great (or Maybe Not) Expectations
A friend shared the story of attending her niece’s college commencement. In the car on the way home from the event, Auntie remarked to the family in general that she had certainly enjoyed the valedictorian’s speech which had the theme of...
Summertime Peaches
Each summer when my children were growing up, we took extended family vacations to Nags Head, NC. Babies, toddlers, parents, grandparents, aunts,...
The Power of Positive (Dog) Thinking
A recent study noted that if you do one physical activity (such as taking a walk), you are more likely to execute additional positive actions that...
Thinking of You
There’s a category of greeting cards called “thinking of you.” The printed sentiments are in the range of “though many miles separate us, you’re in...
Good Stock
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services (WAVES) was created when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Navy Women’s Reserve Act into...
The Four Ls
I have a talent for seeing connections. I’ll hear or read something and come up with a way that idea could work for another subject also. Or I might...
Reflections on Mirrors
Always position a mirror to reflect something worth seeing twice. I don’t recall where I read that sage advice, but it has stuck with me. As...
Keep Any Memories Lately?
The magazine article was called Memory Keepers. It was the story of five women who preserved each of their individual family’s history by varying...
Perfect Practice
The preteen girl at the park practiced serving the volleyball over and over again. Her younger sister on the other side of the net would...