Your fairy called…she wants a raise!

August 17, 2011

I’ve lost track of the number of things that get measured during the first few years of a kid’s life. In addition to the height and weight stuff, there is a new battery of questions that must be answered at each checkup. “How’s his pincer grip?” “Is he cruising?” “How many words can he say?” [...]

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Who Picks The Game?

August 16, 2011

Why is it we all understand the stereotype of the kid who threatens to take his ball and go home if he doesn’t get to pick the game? It resonates with me because I knew kids like that growing up. And if I’m completely honest with myself, I understand it because a version of that [...]

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Recipes For Satisfying Work

August 4, 2011

I first learned of the world’s goodness at a kitchen table. In the South of my childhood, love was tangible. It was served to you on steaming plates and in cold glasses of tea. In this culture of hospitality, grandmothers reigned supreme. Refusing Grandma was a capital offense. Declining her signature dish was the most [...]

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Beginning A New Chapter

August 3, 2011

Yesterday marked the third anniversary of the end of a chapter for me. Three years ago my family loaded a moving van and said goodbye to Mississippi. I also said goodbye to what I had once thought was my dream job and the industry in which I expected to spend my entire career. That day [...]

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Pity The Imbecile Among You

July 19, 2011

I grew up in the deep South. All my life I’ve been surrounded by “good Christian folk”. Some of this rubs off, so of course I consider myself pretty well acquainted with the basics tenets of Christianity. It’s widely known the Ten Commandments are a foundational element of southern spirituality. It occurs to me upon [...]

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