Anxious
When I was 13, I was in grade 8 and we had to take ‘Drama’ class at school. I hated it. I hated talking in front of people, I hated a group of people looking at me, I hated attention directed at me. And I think when something makes us…
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Seattle, Kind Of
My son’s U18 hockey team had a tournament on the weekend in Seattle. Well, more accurately, the Seattle area. Redmond, Kirkland, Snoqualmie. So the 4 of us went down to spend the weekend. So then, of course we get the questions from non-hockey-family people: did you rent the scooters? Did…
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Blogiversary!
I had a notification that this is my 5 year Blogiversary! Its hard to believe it’s been 5 years since I started the blog – which was really just a means to begin a website – when I didn’t have much website content. It was a way to get started…
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Week 4
The 4th week of the year is underway! As I get older, the years seem to go by quicker. And with it already being close to month end I can tell this year is going to fly by. This is the busiest time of year at my work, and as…
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Gifts
In his book, The Everyday Hero Manifesto, Robin Sharma tells the story of a window of opportunity to meet someone – a movie actor – that he admired. And he let fear and doubt set in, and walked away instead. I can relate to this as I have had many…