If your mother is still alive today, cherish her. If you are mad at her, forgive her. If her quirks annoy you, shake it off. If your mother is breathing today, seize the opportunity to hear her breathe in person or on the phone. If you have the gift of still having a living mother, don’t waste a moment of your shared life together. Don’t text your … [Read more...]
Crowdsourcing for Business 101
In January we went to a bison conference with the National Bison Association. One of the speakers had previously owned a marketing firm. Due to the way social media has drastically changed marketing, he closed down his business and became a bison rancher. Well, virtually a bison rancher. He owns no land and does no ranching. He outsourced and … [Read more...]
Drenched Dreams
My kindergarten class was putting on the grandest of all Christmas programs that year. My mom could not sew. I can’t sew. It is a hereditary thing. I think it has more to do with lack of patience than anything. I first learned of this hereditary inability to sew when our kindergarten class put on what we thought was the largest production of Sonny … [Read more...]
Deeper Than the About Us Page
These fun icebreaker questions were asked of me as a speaker in the business track of Central Soapers Workshop in Kansas City. I haven't caught up with myself since the trip to write about all that I learned there yet. I decided to share these icebreakers for now. They are the kind of questions that would be fun on an About Us Page. What’s your … [Read more...]
Freedom Found in Forgiveness
This story is chapter 8 in 360 Degrees of Grief. My mother consumed her sixty-nine years of life with vitality and love. She loved family, friends, and strangers. An outing often ended with my mother bringing home a stranger in need of a meal, companionship, or encouragement. Relationships were important to her. My mother lived her life … [Read more...]
No More Second Chances
My three children and one young man are the only people who ever called me “Mom.” This young man struggled with making bad decisions. He always came for advice before and after he made a bad decision. Sometimes he followed my counsel, but mostly he did not. I loved him, so I would always speak the truth to him. Our long history taught him that I … [Read more...]
A Legacy of Faith & Character
On Christmas Eve my husband called me in the middle of the day. Something in the catch of his voice alarmed me. He started to say that Brock had just called. He paused and collected his voice. Suddenly I knew with all certainty what he was going to say. He measured out the words, “They just found his dad dead.” Until he spoke those words I still … [Read more...]
Business Failure on the Path to Success
What?! You have owned a restaurant? This is the common response I get when I mention that chapter from our business lives. Well, the whole story isn't glamorous at all. Here is part of the story from Chapter 1, "The Rest of the Business Story" in DIY Kitchen Chemistry. The setting was in the kitchen of PB&J’s Live on a busy Friday night. It … [Read more...]
Perfectly Imperfect
I read a blog post today by Dayna Martin called, “I’m THAT Mom.” One of my favorite quotes from the blog post was when Dayna wrote, “I’m that Mom who makes mistakes sometimes, but I am not afraid to apologize to my kids. I know in doing so, they will learn that making mistakes is part of learning and growing. They know I am perfectly … [Read more...]
Chapter 1 of 360 Degrees of Grief
WHAT GRIEF TAUGHT ME by Kayla Fioravanti from 360 Degrees of Grief My first awkward experience with grief was in grade school as I tried to tame my quivering bottom lip at my neighbor’s funeral. Over the span of my lifetime grief has become more than an acquaintance. I’ve stood by loved ones in their valleys and they’ve stood by in mine. I’ve … [Read more...]
Twelve Signs of a Cult
Gasp! A cult! Did I just title my blog post in such an inflammatory way? Well, now that I have your attention let me first confess that I was once in a Multi-level Marketing (MLM) cult. Yes. It is true. You could not have convinced me of it for many of those years, but eventually I was exposed to the truth and believed it. Thank God! Some of you … [Read more...]
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