It was a hot afternoon in late June and the wind was blowing a bit. The three of us (husband, daughter and I) had opted for a hike up Tumbledown Mountain in Maine’s Western Mountains.  Even though the trail was rated…

The key note speaker at an early childhood leadership event was well-known for her dynamic presentations.  She stood before the crowd of over 300 women and men from around the country, most of whom were experienced administrators and leaders themselves.  We…

It was late one evening in my once-a-week graduate class with the lofty name of Family Systems. We were talking about family trees, but not the kind that genealogists draw as they trace the generations through the years.  We were talking…

It was an hour before sunset and the game was already in the third inning. I was sitting high on my perch just beyond left field that warm summer evening, my skinny legs dangling off the narrow ledge that ran the…