Full confession. I’ve shared stories from my Year by the Water about sailing the Chesapeake Bay, swimming with Zach the Dolphin, and watching whales breach off Maui. But the truth? There wasn’t a lot of water in the first three months of my Year by the Water. What happened? The rubber band of routine snapped back is what happened. In… Read more →
Eleanor Roosevelt said, “I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.” I think one of the most useful gifts we can give anyone is curiosity. Curiosity means we care. It means we’re attentive, connected, in love with ideas, life and potential…. Read more →
David Viscott said, “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” So true. One of the most important lessons-learned from my Year by the Water is that it is NOT always better to GIVE than RECEIVE. It is better to give AND receive. So many of us are so busy doing and giving to others,… Read more →
I laughed out loud at the irony of reading this quote online – “Being a good writer is 20% hard work and 80% not getting distracted by the Internet” – while I was supposed to be working on my book. Thanks for calling me out, Internet. These days, the key to being a good ANYTHING is 20% paying attention to… Read more →
In honor of Mothers Day, what did your mother model for you? My mom – Ruth Reed – modeled unconditional love. She never criticized my brother Dave, sister Cheri or me. She believed in us from the beginning and was our biggest supporter. She helped put the light on in our eyes at an early age by giving us the… Read more →
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