Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 12/16/08
Recently, my husband offered to babysit a friend’s one-year-old son. He told me this with a smile, saying “remember what it was like to hold a little baby?”
I responded in the same way I do when my best girl friend asks me advice about diapering a newborn: […]

Published in the International Black Belt Academy newsletter, 12/1
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), one of the most celebrated minds in history said, “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
The effort you put into karate–coming to class each week, giving it your all during sparring exercises and working toward your black belt, must be recognized. […]

Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 12/31/07
Tom Chiarella’s article about the power of silence (Esquire, 10/25/07) got me to thinking about how un-silent I am.
As Tom points out, we often fill in dead air in order to make the person across from us more comfortable. We talk to justify our reasons for doing what we […]

Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 12/23/07
I stopped by my girlfriend’s house to bring her some holiday cheer in the form of terribly fattening and highly caloric cookies. She smirked a smile, the international symbol for “I’m really trying to watch my weight, but now I will have to eat these, you big jerk…but […]