I’m at 30,000+ feet, flying home from Salt Lake City and my annual trip to the Usana International Convention. “Convention” is much like the fair was to me when I was a child. Lots to see, lots to learn, friends to hang with and lots of energy. From each presenter at the convention there was […]

My son is living with me this summer as he commutes to his college internship. He’s a kind and gentle young man and I like him a lot. But, having him here reminds me how much I have to work with myself to refrain from taking his learning away from him. In that refrain is […]

“You can do it.” I recall saying this to myself when I was going to Camp Fire Girls the first time. I loved the thought of camaraderie with a group of girls I didn’t know and who didn’t know me or my family. I felt a sense of freedom with them; I had nothing to […]

“I keep thinking that if I can just get everything done, I can sit down and rest.” This thought is not new—or unique—to me. I can’t count the number of times I said this, or heard it said. Twenty years ago I was looking at the farm property that would become my home—58 acres, a […]