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Remembering Ben Update

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:32:54 +0000

Many of you have written kind notes since I first wrote about this last week, thank you. Ben has been missing since August 20 and to date there is still no recovery or location as to where he might be. I thought I would take a moment, however and provide a few more of the details . . . → Read More: Remembering Ben *Update*

Engaging in Change

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:01:53 +0000

Earlier last month I referenced my annual performance review and how being asked to put it down on paper makes it feel so … superficial overinflated underinflated not good enough. Once everything has been put together and all outside inputs consolidated (yes, we solicit comments from various people we support) it is provided back to us . . . → Read More: Engaging in Change

Protected: The “Male” isn’t coming

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:48:51 +0000

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Remembering Ben

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:44:36 +0000

I don’t usually post on the weekend, but I find myself surrounded by emotions and blinded by my mortality so much that I just have to get it out. It’s just been one of those weeks, those months and while I don’t think this is the last of it…it’s hard when it hits so very close . . . → Read More: Remembering Ben

Blindsided

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:18:47 +0000

There’s a line that I hear calling to me from the recesses of my brain. A song that I have always had an affinity for despite it’s simplicity. A song that perhaps has no connection to my world other than the melodic chorus and striking words, but it is here and I can’t shake it.

. . . → Read More: Blindsided

Friday Funnies

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:22:11 +0000

It’s been that kind of week. You know, the one that just flies by cram packed through every waking moment. The one where you look back and say say “WOW!” I’ve got thoughts just swirling, twirling and whirling around in my head, but they don’t really seem to come out in complete sentences. This time of . . . → Read More: Friday Funnies

Friends re-visited

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:35:52 +0000

I wrote this post 2 years ago and have since archived it away from CafeKel, but have been thinking alot about friends lately and what exactly that means to me. With time, I believe we all change and grow and evolve and yet sometimes it is not at the same speed and intensity as . . . → Read More: Friends re-visited

Humbled by BlogHer

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:54:15 +0000

Last week I wanted to be one of the many who composed beautifully crafted lines of text that captured what BlogHer ’10 was. I didn’t care if it was funny or insightful, I just wanted to find my voice in the sea of many who I had shared the event with. I, however, did not. I . . . → Read More: Humbled by BlogHer

First Day of School

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:49:05 +0000

On the eve of my return from BlogHer, I sat down with my oldest, DQ and chatted about all the wonderful things I saw in NYC as we packed her bag for the first day of 3rd grade. I asked her if she was excited as she carefully picked out just the right outfit for Monday . . . → Read More: First Day of School

New York or Bust

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:06:41 +0000

3am the alarm rings so I can jump out of bed and actually pack all the things I want to take to BlogHer in NYC this weekend. I have a flight at 8am headed to meet some amazing women and No, sadly I am not packed. Truth is, I have been looking forward to this day . . . → Read More: New York or Bust