RISK: By this time next Saturday, I’ll be within an hour or two of giving a speech to a gathering Tallahassee Alumnae Panhellenic. I am thrilled to have been asked; however, this all seems like a big risk. I love public speaking. Yet, I haven’t been involved in Toastmasters for a few years, so it’s […]
The 1994-2014 experience
We closed on our previous house on January 31, 2020, spent the next few weeks in a rental, and spent our first night in our new house February 15. That’s all good, but it has meant a lot of moving. We had gone through a great deal of our belongings more than a year ago […]
Heart-melting talent lights up A Night to Shine
When I volunteered at Night to Shine Tallahassee two years ago, I didn’t really know how things worked. (Night to Shine is an event through the Tim Tebow Foundation to give people with special needs ages 14 and up a “prom night” experience.) I signed up to volunteer wherever I was needed. As a result, […]
Learn About ACEs and Create a Healthier Future
This post is made possible with support from the American Academy of Pediatrics through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All opinions are my own. In 2019, I read more than 1,500 articles about social work in my role as the editor of a nonprofit social work membership organization’s newsletter. […]
Can cuttlefish wear glasses? And other SmartBrief highlights
Welcome to the “trying to keep it brief” edition of my favorite SmartBrief stories from the prior month. (We just closed on our house Friday and immediately headed out of town. Hence the shorter commentary today!) BoardSource My favorite BoardSource story was in the Jan. 15 issue and discussed nonprofit mergers. In this podcast, the […]
Moving: What a relief
This week’s Five Minute Friday prompt is “relief.” I was talking with my neighbor/friend last night about how I feel about leaving our neighborhood after living here 15 years. I discussed how — several years ago — I would be running in Hawk’s Landing, which is laid out perfectly for running workouts, and thinking, “I […]