My wife walked into the bedroom the other day and says, “Here sweetie, I brought you your cotton balls.” I’m not sure if she could see the confusion on my face, but I was caught off guard. “Cotton balls, why did you bring me cotton balls?” After I finished speaking, I got it. She was…
This past Summer my family and I made a trip to South Mississippi to visit Stephanie’s, my wife, grandmother. I’d been to her house before, but had never spent more than a couple hours at a time there. This trip was different. We planned on spending 3 days and 2 nights in this small farming…
A few weeks ago a friend asked me for a favor. He needed help sorting through some technology issues with his phone and computer. My first career, and current hobby, was in technology so it came as no surprise that he’d asked for my help. After I’d finished the project with him, he said thank…
Looking back over the past year is one of my favorite traditions. I get to remember the ups and downs, the growth that occurred, and see what themes continually show up. This is the first year that I’ve applied this to my professional life, probably because it’s the first full year I’ve had as a…
Recently I was playing golf with a friend. At the tee box on the 8th hole we were lectured and scolded by an older player about course and golf etiquette. We had a good reason for the accused action, which was not harmful to anyone or the course, but was evidently offensive to this other…
