by Norma Thatcher | Aug 29, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking, Words
Now don’t get upset; you know I’m not THAT kind of a writer. But my guess is that as soon as you read the phrase F word in this post’s title, some of your minds went there. And that’s the word I’m using to typify just the BAD descriptive. It is, after all, a...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 26, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Leadership, Thought provoking
One of the commands my dog Riley knows and understands (and obeys 73.8% of the time) is this: WAIT. At this word he is (in a perfect world) to stop in his tracks and not move until I release him by saying OK. The art of waiting usually has a negative or anxious, even...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 22, 2017 | Inspirational, Leadership, Public speaking
I just Googled this query: Is it still OK to use the word cool? In less than one second there were 145 million results. Some “experts” say YES, some say NO, and Mauro Porcini (who at least in 2016 was Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo) said, “It’s not cool anymore...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 19, 2017 | Inspirational, Leadership, Love, Public speaking, Thought provoking
I know this may shock you, but here goes. I am still a Facebook novice. By myself I created a website for my dog, but I still struggle with Facebook. Is anyone else feeling the irony of that? Have you ever joined an on-going exercise or dance class, and for at least a...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 12, 2017 | Family, Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
“If who you are is what you do, then when you don’t, you aren’t.” I’ve failed at finding the author of this quote. For years I believed it was the late Wayne Dyer, but short of rereading all of his books, I have not been able to substantiate that. Regardless, it’s a...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 8, 2017 | Inspirational, Leadership, Thought provoking
The reader’s comment on a story about Frances Kelsey was disparaging. It questioned why Mrs. Kelsey should be singled out as a heroine when she was “just doing her job.” Well, her job was this: She was a medical officer at the Food and Drug Administration in 1960....