Voices

I pulled into the parking lot of the local brewery, which I almost never went to. I parked in the space overlooking the back door. As if on cue, one of my best friends came out of the door. He was the head brewer back then. We’ve been friends since...

I drive a 75-minute commute every morning and evening. It presents a lot of time to think.  Recently I was driving to work, and it was pretty foggy out. I got to thinking about life and how it relates to the fog. As you are driving in the fog,...

Getting your message across is one of the core needs of leadership and ratchets up every level you grow through. Your organization needs you to be confident and competent. Your own future demands it as well. As a leader, getting a plan or proposal...

Speaking with a mindset of abundance and self-validation is so much better than limiting yourself. I’ve been talking to my cousin about something he’s coaching others on, and it’s very insightful stuff. I’m not doing his coaching...

It was around midnight when my wife shook me out of a dead sleep with three concerning words, “I smell smoke.” I could smell it instantly. Awake. We moved downstairs quickly and quietly to not wake the children and began checking rooms starting...

Understanding one another is probably the biggest problem in business, but it’s a life issue as well.  In the late ‘90s, I was interning at Walt Disney World. If your kids ever get a chance, don’t let them pass it up. It wasn’t easy, not...

Today I needed to cut down a few small to medium size trees near the playground of my son’s school. I promised someone at the school I’d bring a chainsaw and take care of it. The chainsaw wouldn’t start. I did everything I could to get it going...

It is with a great deal of sadness that I report the death of former Slicer and Slicer assistant coach, Kelly Kubit. He passed away last week in Las Vegas where he had lived for the last decade. He was part of a group of La Porte junior high kids...

Very recently I had one of those days.  You know those days. Someone had an immediate and urgent need that picked at the goals of the day.  At the end of the day I made a silly mistake any good IT person would get frustrated by, even though...

THIS MONTH, JUDY WILLIAMSON OF HERITAGE AND ARCHIVES BEGINS A SERIES TO HELP RIPPLES READERS GET TO KNOW THE PHJC SISTERS. In my own understanding of myself, I was always a “simple peasant girl”, and from my parents I somehow understood that...