Never Stop Learning, Because Life Never Stops Teaching

Fall is my favorite time of year… Okay… Okay… For Sure - I’m a summer kid... surfing, sun, sand, music, and outdoor gatherings is who I am, but there is something I love about Fall. Maybe, it is that you see actual transformation occurring right before your eyes. It made me think about my own

I recently learned an interesting lesson about kindness.  The slogan, "All for One and One for All," has taken an entirely new meaning in a capitalist world.  Now it translates to "ALL FOR ME," with a very rigid period in the end.  What is overlooked is "ONE FOR ALL" forges a connection among

Every Spring I think about rebirth: flowers blooming, bees buzzing, music in the air and also noticing my neighbors’ dogs. Yet, in my new hometown of Denver, Colorado, Spring tends to ebb and flow just like the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of North Carolina. You see, one minute you are hiking in

As a child, time seemed so slow.  I remember lying in bed listening to Christmas music on my transistor radio waiting for the arrival of Joly Old St. Nick.  There was such excitement in the anticipation. Now, as an adult, time seems to be moving so fast.  Looking back through the years, I have found

HOPE. What a great four-letter word that I often tend not to use in my vocabulary. I’m sitting back in my bungalow in Wilmington, North Carolina. I hear the fierce wind blowing the dying leaves off the trees within my beloved neighborhood, Carolina Place. I feel the intense pressure of the

I was quite close to achieving the goal that I had set at what now seems so many years ago in a little bungalow in Wilmington, North Carolina. After leaving my corporate hospice job, my desire was to create awareness regarding the underfunded and over-regulated end-of-life services. I wanted to

When I was young, I found myself drawn to creative stories, I found myself loving the imagination of those who created Marvel Comics. I was in love with Robin, wanted to marry Superman, but most importantly wanted to be Spider(wo)man. I longed for a weird accident, or bite from an insect, that might

I can't express the joy it was to present at the Illinois Hospice & Palliative State Conference.  The amazing individuals I met who work at the bedside of those facing end of life are truly talented individuals and are mission driven.  I presented a leadership conference, "Taking Care of those