With a Chronic Illness — There are a few things I’ve learned over the course of my chronic illness. I was diagnosed in June of 2012 with Lupus. …

Say goodbye — Not really the advice you expect but hear me out. When I woke up this morning, thoughts were swirling through my head as I thought about what I would write about today. Part of my morning ritual is to read something on Medium. Of course, there are stories from the…

Doing it Scared I’ve written several articles about Dave Ramsey and former Ramsey personality Chris Hogan, but today I’m going to share my favorite Ramsey personality Christy Wright, or at least she was. On January 25 I received an email with a link to her latest YouTube video. Last year…

Telephone of the wind — “In a corner of the Pacific Northwest, muffled by moss and trees that are centuries-old, sits an out-of-place relic — a rotary phone that’s connected to nothing, except the wind.” “Every few weeks, Andre and Erin Sylvester and the rest of their young family trudge out to Priest Point Park…

Make something big happen — Doors are opening that would normally be shut in my face. Did it happen overnight? No, it’s been two years writing on Medium, longer if you count my early days pecking away at this keyboard trying to find my voice. When you find your voice it’s reassuring, but when others…

Not now, not ever. — I don’t like to rant, so I’ll keep it civil. That’s my goal anyway, but it may not happen. I respect teachers, you have a tough job I realize this, but some give others a bad name. A teacher told my grandson when it’s your time to die there’s nothing…

How a co-worker singled me out — We try to do this with our headlines to get more views and more likes. And it might do that, for a day. But we need to stop chasing the shiny thing and go deeper into a story. What is it you’re really trying to say? …