Have you ever had your routine interrupted?
Most of us have heard and said respectively: God is good…all the time and all the time…God is good!
People who are around me often hear me say, “God is good. Therefore, my day will not go the way I planned it!” Lately, God has been very good to me and therefore, my days have not been going at all the way I’ve been planning them. What can I say? He knows what He’s doing.
If things had gone the way I planned them, I’d have been Read more…
If you’d asked me a couple years ago if I knew my auto insurance agent, I’d have probably snickered.
That was before the morning Dave Keen showed up at the weekly meeting of the Alderwood Business Advocates (one of the many chapters of Business Network International, or BNI).
Dave is one of the Dads at the Just 2 Dads insurance agency in Mill Creek, Washington. I’m happy and proud to say that he’s also my property and casualty agent. Happy because I never knew having insurance could actually be FUN! Proud because Read more…
How about a good rant today?
Let me begin by reminding you that I’ve been a long-time care giver and have over the years provided care for a number of family members. Since January 9, 2000, 4:00 a.m. (I just remember the time since that was when she arrived at our home following her whirlwind trip from Helena, Montana - long story), I’ve been taking care of my developmentally disabled sister-in-law, Elisabeth, or as we call her, Beth.
Beth
Beth has been and is a tremendous blessing to our family and household. She has a great sense of humor and loves to carry on both sides of a conversation. To listen to her go on and on with herself about who’s getting in trouble (she absolutely loves it when someone else is in the “hot seat”) or who is going to be in trouble is quite an irresistible eavesdrop.
She knows and accepts the fact that part of my “job,” the reason I get paid the big bucks, is to be a pest to her.
All this is to say Read more…
