For many years now I’ve heard the saying, “Leaders are readers.” And, I suppose it’s probably true. But recently, I read an interesting article that says people who read an average of 3.5 hours a week live longer than those who don’t. In fact the study says that compared with non-readers, those who read are…
Perfectly Imperfect
When I a little girl I remember my mom having the neighbors over for coffee on a somewhat regular basis. I always loved to sneak in and listen to them talk about what was going on in the neighborhood. Of course, my mom only tolerated my invasion for a short period of time before I…
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
We are in the middle of a remodeling project at our house. It’s just one of the reasons I haven’t blogged in a while. It’s hard for me to think straight when there are men walking all around my house. For a few days, they were in multiple rooms all at once! Mind you, I’m…
A Day of Rest
You know how sometimes you find yourself just dragging through the day? And then the day turns into days and you wish you could just WAKE UP! Well, that’s how I was feeling last week and I decided it was time to put an end to it. In the past, there have been times when…
Christmas Cash
Do you ever give money as a Christmas gift? We usually give our adult kids a little cash for Christmas and I’m always trying to come up with a clever way to wrap it. I generally don’t think about how to wrap the money until a day or so before we celebrate, when I’m short on…