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So, I just got back from my first bike (as in bicycle) ride of the year. It was a short ride with four big hills, did I say big? I mean MONSTROUS HILLS! But I love to ride because it gives me a completely different view of the very things I drive by every single…

One of my college roommates loved the ole snooze button, and it drove me nuts! Personally I’ve never been a big fan of it. For whatever reason, to me, it just seems harder to fall back asleep and get up nine minutes later, than it is to just get up the first time. I recently…

When I was little, there was nothing that filled my soul more than being outside working on the farm with my dad.  So, this particular Saturday morning started out perfectly. I was six years old.  It was spring and my dad was plowing, and needed our help. My brothers and sister and I had the…

In his great little book, “You Squared”, Price Pritchett talks about some important concepts, among them this…Do you make your move before you are ready? It’s in taking BOLD action that we move toward our dream.  Putting our dream on paper is important, and a great first step, but the transformation happens in the action….that’s…

Do you believe the Universe is conspiring for you or against you? Is God on your side?  Or isn’t He?  Feel free to substitute according to your beliefs, but which is it for you… Is the Universe conspiring for you or against you? What is your belief?  This is a belief that has the potential…

If you were to ask me that question, the answer is simple.  Hands down the tangible thing that I fear most is snakes! I can’t stand them.  In fact, I can hardly say the word without having a visceral reaction. In high school, I trimmed Christmas trees with several of my friends, and my fear…

Have you ever been in one of those conversation where you have tried desperately to do every right? And although you did 99 things right, the person you are conversing with was focused on the one thing, the only thing, you did wrong? It goes without saying that most of us would rather be praised than…

Growing up, my mom frequently used this phrase with my brothers and sister and me.  There were two contexts where we heard it most.  Of course, one was around junk food and caring for our bodies. And seriously, a good day for us was when we got to go to my Grandma’s house and eat…

When I was little, my brother and I were best friends with another brother and sister duo, Stewie and Melissa.We loved building forts, going on adventures in the woods, and even formed our very own Sugar Creek Gang with a clubhouse and everything. On this particular day, my family had invited Stewie and Melissa and…