There were several great prompts on Mama Kat’s this week. The one I got is certainly familiar territory to our family: It has been said that kids these days are pushed into too many extra-curricular activities and are not given the freedom to play and be bored and to use their imaginations. Is this true? I […]
Wordless Wednesday (Friends Through Dance Edition)
Each friendship has the potential to turn the plain… into the extraordinary… …especially if the transformation is choreographed through dance. If you live here in the North Florida/South Georgia region, please consider attending this first ever six-studio dance showcase which takes place on Sunday, January 23, at 5:30 p.m. at Chiles High School. Tickets are […]
How Being a Supervisor Made Me a Different Subordinate
When I sent Dan Rockwell an email yesterday to elaborate on a question I had raised at the Leadership Freak Coffee Shop, I said “I have been meaning to write a blog post about how my experience supervising employees changed the way I behave as a subordinate.” Although this weekend and the first weeks of […]
Hemmed In (A Mama Kat Writing Workshop Prompt)
For my Mama Kat writing prompt today, the random number generator handed me number five: I told you so! Write about a time you felt validated. Since I want to believe that I will feel validated about this (someday), I am going to write about a time when I will feel validated. It ain’t happenin’ yet. […]
Wordless Wednesday (Parking Privileges Edition)
Photo credit: Robin Elyse Hill Are you supposed to lock your valuables inside your sick child while you shop?
Sprinting Toward a Bold 2011
It is odd. The word “bold” keeps insisting upon keeping its grip on me. I wrote this post about being bold in December 2010. One of my favorite bloggers, Kristi from Live and Love Out Loud wrote her own great post about boldness. I flirted with (and decided to have an ongoing relationship with) this quote, […]