One time when my kids were little, I was angry that laundry had been left in the dryer by the other adult living in this house, apparently awaiting the arrival of the Magic Cleaning Fairy to fold it and put it away. And in a huff, I kicked the empty laundry basket...
Whenever there has been a need, Jen Miller has stepped up to meet it. When she was a freshman at the University of Wisconsin, the field hockey team she had been recruited for was dropped by the school. So she switched sports, filling a void at goalie on the...
Plan B is what happens when the plan doesn’t work out. If our plans don’t materialize, we have our Plan B ready to go, our backup plan. Plan B is for when things go awry or we don’t get the “yes” or we run out of funds in our bank...
It’s very peculiar. You know what you need to do… Be productive! Speak up for yourself! Stop saying “yes” to things you don’t want to do! You’ve made promises to yourself… Wake up early to go to the gym! Get organized once and...
Yesterday I took the dog on my favorite hike, one that rewards a climb with a tremendous view. You can see for miles — farmland below and mountains in the distance, a view that stretches across more than 5 towns. But an early fog rolled in and when we got to the...
