For 12 years I had the privilege of working internally for a long-term care company that provided services in residential settings to seniors and persons who were developmentally disabled. Since starting my own consulting business, I have continued to work with a variety of long-term care providers, and am blessed to be able to do [...]
Archive for the ‘Lessons Learned’ Category
Earthly Connections …
Posted in Featured, Lessons Learned, Uncategorized on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Gratitude for the privilege of laboring
Posted in Featured, Lessons Learned on September 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On this Labor Day 2011, I find myself reflective, within a lens of wide and deep gratitude, for all those who work hard on a daily basis to serve others. On a personal basis, I am grateful for my own clients, bosses, work colleagues, professional mentors, and many others. From a Central Texas perspective, I am grateful to [...]
Same kind of different as me …
Posted in Book Reviews, Featured, Lessons Learned, tagged Same Kind of Different as Me on July 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“A dangerous homeless drifter who grew up picking cotton in virtual slavery. An upscale art dealer accustomed to the world of Armani and Chanel. A gutsy woman with a stubborn dream. A story so incredible no novelist would dare dream it. That’s a description of the book Same Kind of Different as Me, which I [...]
Travels, transformations and the hope of civility
Posted in Featured, Lessons Learned, Uncategorized, tagged Civility on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since my last post, I have had the true fortune of traveling abroad to several places, including the Holy Lands. Never in my lifetime did I think I would see places like the Sea of Galilee, the Mount of Olives, and the Wailing Wall. The trip was truly transformational. Also since my last post, I’ve [...]
Many laboring blessings …
Posted in Featured, Lessons Learned, tagged National Public Radio on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today marks Labor Day 2010. This afternoon I spent my time volunteering at a wonderful children’s hospital in my area, once again holding little ones in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and being amazed at their labors to live. How we take the simple act of breathing for granted. Let us also especially remember those [...]
Was this really how we were supposed to live?
Posted in Featured, Lessons Learned, tagged Austin TX, Univeresity United Methodist Church on July 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week the following message was printed on the front of the bulletin at my home church, University United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. It resonated with me, and I wanted to pass it along. Here’s to living they way we really want to. Melody The modern Western world is built on anxiety. You see it on [...]
Thinking of Mom …
Posted in Featured, Lessons Learned, Uncategorized on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we come upon Mother’s Day 2010, I am thinking in earnest of my Mom, just as I do on every other day. How I miss her and her huge presence in our lives! She died on November 30, 1999, 12 days after her own Mom died, my beloved Grandmother. How I miss them both, [...]
Enjoy, engage, enliven.
Posted in Lessons Learned on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Regardless of how you celebrate, enjoy this holiday season with hearts of joy for the remaining days of 2009, and in anticipation of a good 2010 New Year. Engage with those around you, and enliven your world by helping those in need along their journeys. Every little bit helps. Happy holidays!!!
Guardian Angels
Posted in Featured, Lessons Learned, tagged Guardian angels on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been thinking about guardian angels. Every where I turn, I seem to run in to guardian angels. On a personal note, this past week my husband and I were blessed to meet two new guardian angels in our lives who found my husband’s wallet on the ground near a gas tank. [...]
Wisdom for Those Who’ve Lost Children: Learnings from Chris’s Mom
Posted in Featured, Lessons Learned, tagged grief, Loss of children on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By total coincidence, I have two dear friends and outstanding women whose young sons, both named Chris, were killed in tragic car accidents. I hurt for my girlfriends, while marveling at the ways in which they have gone on with their lives, kept the memories of their sons alive, and reached out to others in need. One [...]
