I had a blind date yesterday. No, it wasn’t the typical blind date. Nancy, my wife, would really frown on that. This was a get-to-know you meeting that held some potential for our work in conflict resolution. I traveled several hours to meet with an individual I did not know. [read more]

If you’re old enough, you’ll remember that Kleenex brand tissues became the article of choice because of its unique dispensing capability. That’s right! Kleenex was Kleenex because of an innovation that caused each individual tissue to pop-up one at a time. We have all become complacent in our expectations of [read more]

A special bond exists between my wife, Nancy, and my granddaughter, Landrye. That’s how it should be. After all, Nancy has invested hours and hours in Landrye. Trips to school and Bible class, board games, zoo and museum trips, pretend games, books read, songs sung, and those indescribable moments that [read more]

I like to think that I’ve been a hard worker all my life.  But deep down I know that I could have worked harder.  I’m not talking about more hours.  My guilt load is already pretty heavy with the thoughts of all of the things I’ve missed with family and [read more]