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A Gentle Reminder

My own thoughts hold me hostage. Not long ago someone delivered a gentle reminder of this truth in the form of a comment. She complimented me, but it left me perplexed. So, I reached out to someone who knows me well to help me untangle my thoughts on the matter. Her response to me lead

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The View from the Valley

I grew up in central Mississippi. It is hilly in places but is basically a flat state. During family travels, as a child, I was always awestruck by mountains. I love them. My love for mountains partially drove my life goal of moving to Virginia. This week I learned that according to peakvisor.com there are

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Leveraging Our Uniqueness

Here is a question for you. How do you catch a unique rabbit? Give up? You-nique up on him. HA! That is my favorite joke of all time. It comes back to me on a regular basis. I have always enjoyed the wordplay with unique and you sneak. The thing, though, that has been more

Time Machine

My daughter just graduated from high school. Her graduation party was a week prior. Her favorite teacher of all time came to the party. She just happened to be her 8th grade English teacher. I find that special because my favorite teacher of all time was my 6th grade English teacher. What is it about

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Dream Building

The practice of “dream building” was meant to be encouraging to them to keep working hard in their business. We were touring “what could be”. I think inadvertently they got the same message I did.  They ultimately quit the business, divorced, and never had any of those things we spent so much time shopping for.