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TOT2LEARN: September 2014
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Saturday, September 13, 2014. As I navigate through my professional and parenting journey, I find myself relying on some of the same guiding principles. Once I think I’ve got it (them) all figured out, everything changes. They keep me humble. Humility is my favorite trait in a person. Humility is showing up as the student, regardless of whom you are or the title you hold. It’s the ability to check your ego at the door and have the courage to learn something new. They see and hear everything. We can more ...
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TOT2LEARN: February 2015
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Sunday, February 15, 2015. There are few things that feel better than receiving a thoughtful, personal, handwritten note. Love notes are big around here in our home. I started thinking about all of the places where notes show up and what they mean to me. Welcome home notes Ava leaves around the house, when we arrive home from a trip out of town. A love note written on Ava’s lunch napkin, I leave as a surprise for her every day. Notes of thanks I send to the people I appreciate in my professional life.
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TOT2LEARN: March 2013
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Sunday, March 3, 2013. A Decade of Lessons Learned. As we celebrate a decade of business ownership this spring, I share with you our Top 10 list of lessons learned along the way. Conviction—stick with what works. During the recession, the anchors of our business kept us from floating downstream. We’ve experienced uninterrupted growth in market share over the past 10 years, regardless of the economic climate. Beyond business—pebble in the pond. The amount of love and support we’ve received over the ...
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TOT2LEARN: May 2014
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014. I can always count on Ava to hold the mirror up for me when I need it most. After dinner the other night we all huddle around to play a game before bedtime routine. Honestly, this isn’t my most favorite time of day as I’m an early riser and I tend to be begging for bed long before everyone else in our house. But, it’s one of the few moments in our day when we are all together so I participate. There’s rarely much small talk with Ava, she gets right to it. The things they are feeling.
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TOT2LEARN: April 2015
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Saturday, April 4, 2015. I can’t remember the last time we celebrated together. Growing up, we would always spend our birthday together but over the years life seems to get in the way. This year, we had some making up to do. There were more reasons than excuses to make it happen. It’s hard leaving a busy schedule with work and family but it was well worth it. For 72 hours, we only had each other to consider. It didn’t take long before I began filling the pages. So much laughter, it often turned to tears.
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TOT2LEARN: August 2013
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Sunday, August 25, 2013. August 10, 2009. Prolonged and usually abnormal inability to obtain adequate sleep. Monday is really going to hurt tomorrow-today. Might have to forego workout- -or am I just saying this to give myself permission to be tired instead? I can at least count on once a month to have a couple uninterrupted hours in the middle of the night where I don’t feel pressure to be doing anything else- who needs me at 2 am? A place where you aren’t trying to live multiple lives? 32 years old and...
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TOT2LEARN: Love Notes.
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Sunday, February 15, 2015. There are few things that feel better than receiving a thoughtful, personal, handwritten note. Love notes are big around here in our home. I started thinking about all of the places where notes show up and what they mean to me. Welcome home notes Ava leaves around the house, when we arrive home from a trip out of town. A love note written on Ava’s lunch napkin, I leave as a surprise for her every day. Notes of thanks I send to the people I appreciate in my professional life.
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TOT2LEARN: Thirty-eight
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Saturday, April 4, 2015. I can’t remember the last time we celebrated together. Growing up, we would always spend our birthday together but over the years life seems to get in the way. This year, we had some making up to do. There were more reasons than excuses to make it happen. It’s hard leaving a busy schedule with work and family but it was well worth it. For 72 hours, we only had each other to consider. It didn’t take long before I began filling the pages. So much laughter, it often turned to tears.
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TOT2LEARN: December 2013
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013. He didn’t understand why we were there and if I’m being honest, neither did I. These were my ideas, my fears, my “what-if’s” he was just along for the ride. This is one of the many things I love about him; he’s always willing and ready to show up when it counts. I didn’t want us to wake-up some place we didn’t want to be and not know how it happened. I needed perspective and clarity. If you had a superpower, what would it be? What is my superpower? Gifts of Imperfection, she d...
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TOT2LEARN: October 2013
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013. As I look back on the selection of my one-little-word. Focus for 2013, I realize how it continues to guide me. For 2013, my word is “being”. It is active, powerful, and one that represents the right now. The meaning behind my definition of “being” includes:. This week, I started a six-week e-course with a new favorite author of mine, Brene Brown Gifts of Imperfection. To take time for this project. To not have the answer. To change my mind. To first go with my gut response.