Identity Crisis! (Again!) Part One
My Dad and our friend, Peggy Woods, at our Tacoma “house cooling” party, 2002 My Dad always said that he felt like he had several lives: his formative years up to joining the 5th Reserve Officer’s...
View ArticleThe Journey of a Caregiver Begins (Part Two)
My awesome retirement party (planned by Samantha Smith) included Polaroid party pics signed by colleagues and my boss (To start at the beginning of this little series, click here.) Today, I stumbled...
View ArticleNaked Shredding and Other Awkward Retired Moments (Part Three)
The project plan and portfolio of materials for Friends of Hospice (design by Pat Davis of Pat Davis Design)(To start at the beginning of this little series, click here.) What came next was… a whole...
View ArticleMy Parents’ Gifts of Love
With the latest salvos in the Mommy Wars, I’ve been thinking a lot about my parents’ push-me pull-you influence on my professional development. When my father told me in high school that I had to take...
View ArticleThe Guilts
Two weeks ago, a younger friend of mine called to ask my advice about achieving work-life balance. She has a three-year-old, is in the middle of a challenging pregnancy and is less than a year into a...
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