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Sometimes I get in my own way. I don’t ask for what I need. I feel that I need to tough out situations on my own. I don’t want to bother...

Dance has permeated my life. Even before I went to my first ballet class when I was 5, I loved to dance. I still do. My favorite emoji is...

This is a love letter to my sweetie, my amazing partner Andrew. During this trying time, while working 10-12 hour days, he has also been...

Apparently the universe was not done giving me the “slow down” messages with simply a detached retina and sore knee that can’t be...

I sit next to a lovely window on the last day of my writing retreat pondering the snow blowing sideways as the wind carries it drifting...

“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.” – Oprah Winfrey https://chopracentermeditation.com/ * I...

My approach to life has always been to accept that people do their best, to forgive and forget. I don’t hold grudges. I am incredibly...

Three years ago this week, my daughter Alyssa shredded her knee, severing her ACL, MCL, tearing her meniscus, and bruising everything...

As you know, dear reader, I am FINALLY in Las Vegas visiting my wonderful daughter Alyssa. I fell in love with Vegas several years ago...

My Dear Alyssa, I sit in the airport beginning for at least the 8th time to write you this letter. I sit in Starbucks for the second day...

I took part in an AMAZING Leadership Awakening Workshop in Dallas, TX, offered by Scott Black of Like it Matters, LLC. You can find them...

As many of you know, my son Stefan and I recently received a life lesson from a gun wielding home invader. Many people have asked for my...

It is 3 weeks since I left Florence, Italy. These 3 weeks have been a whirlwind. When I got home, I had a two foot stack of mail to wade...

In July and August 2013, I supported my uncle, William Leo Pence, as he died. It was my chance to be there for a family member I loved....

I was born two months premature in the front bedroom of my grandparent’s house on Lafayette Ave in Urbana, Ohio. The house where I was...

Ok, so while I’m in Italy this year on a writing retreat and not teaching, “Fall Back Day” will not impact me as it usually does....

On July 4, 2013, Bill declared his independence. In the early 2000s, he’d had a kidney transplant. Aside from that, he was an extremely...

So, dear reader, as you know, I’m in Florence, Italy. Just to clarify, I don’t speak Italian, although I can carry on a very thorough...

I’ve had some interesting insights into myself since I arrived here in Florence, Italy a little over a week ago. This is the first entry...

So friends, I’ve been in Florence, Italy for 1 week. I’ve been a professor my entire (post undergrad) working life. I have loved it. I...