Swimming

Swimming

I don’t know much about swimming, but I am learning. Why? One of my granddaughters is a young competitive swimmer, and I want to encourage and support her as she pursues the opportunity to do her best. Here is one thing I have learned about swimming in a short time: A...
Decisions

Decisions

I’ve always loved the poem, “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost. The poet paints a clear picture of what it’s like to stand at the divergence of two roads and wonder which one he should choose. I feel deeply connected with the place he describes each time I read it....
Do Overs

Do Overs

Think back to your childhood. Remember playing games that were all about having do-overs? Maybe the game wasn’t going as you had hoped, so you shouted, “Do-Overs.” Calling do-overs meant you got to start all over from the beginning. It didn’t make the game any less...
Rapport

Rapport

When we think of people being in “rapport,” a picture comes to mind of a type of “emotional harmony” — sort of an “agreement between one another’s spirits.” The two people “get” one another. They enjoy each other. Rapport can actually be built very quickly when there...
Debt

Debt

While writing this blog, I looked at the US National Debt Clock. Ouch! The United States of America has $35,168,760,900,784 in debt. That number only lasted two seconds and then went up. That is approximately $104,424 for every person in America. Those numbers are...