When we send kids out to play in the yard we don’t tend to think about it as real productive time. This is a time for them to let down their guard, have some friends over and have fun. The neat thing is, when they do that, they end up creating some pretty great things.

I remember when I was in 5th or 6th grade I had a good friend in the neighborhood. We both played baseball, were pretty active and used to come up with all kinds of different games to play. My favorite was “Superfantastic… Continue

I have never claimed to be a “cat person”, but that said, curiosity is just something cats seem to naturally posses and it doesn’t seem fair for it to lead to their untimely demise. They are cute, after all, and part of what makes them cute is their interest in everything around them.

Webster’s defines cu·ri·os·i·ty: \_kyu_r-_-_ä-s(_-)t_\ noun – as a desire to know: a : inquisitive interest in others' conc… Continue

When I was nineteen I worked as a nurses aid in the postoperative recovery unit of a hospital. My main responsibility was to take patients back to their rooms after surgery. The patient transport elevator was just outside of the surgical suites, and it was while waiting for the elevator that I would often see Evelyn.

Evelyn worked in the hospital laundry, and a couple of times a day she would collect the dirty laundry from the surgical suites. She was a tiny woman, slightly bent over, a… Continue

I'm here to share a beautiful story about a phenomenal company that literally practices what it preaches! I’m blessed to work for ChartHouse Learning, home of the FISH! Philosophy. I’ve been here for more than 12 years and call this my home away from home with my coworkers being my extended family.
I can honestly say each and every person here has a kind, loving heart which I’ve had the privilege of experiencing time after time. The most recent example of this came after my husband was diagn… Continue