This is a watercolor I painted of my granddaughter Kialee almost a decade ago. I took this picture of her just after she had been told that swimming was over for the day and later tried to capture her sad little face in this painting. I remember trying to comfort her as I held her in my arms and …
Yesterday as I was having breakfast with my wife Diane, I received a text from my daughter. The text said, “Congratulations dad, on your 46th anniversary.” I had totally forgotten! I involuntarily made a sound like a rabbit being stepped on by a hippo. I looked up to see Diane stifling a giggle behind her hand. “Happy Anniversary,” I said, …
Good Morning! It’s Lighten up Monday and I am in sunny Florida conducting our SCORRE™ conference. This morning I was reminded of how much I love being around real people who are willing to acknowledge imperfection and work toward excellence. Nothing destroys relationships, or impedes growth more than pretending to be perfect. As you will see in this clip, it …
I couldn’t move. I lay strapped to the hospital bed, connected to the world only through a set of tubes that led to blipping machines and bags of fluid. I couldn’t actually see the tubes or the machines, but somehow I knew they were there. Muffled shouts and screams were coming from the corridor. I couldn’t smell smoke, but I …
While doing research for my book “How To Live with Your Kids when You’ve Already Lost Your Mind,” I surveyed 600 teenagers and asked the question, “What are the words you most want to hear from your parents? Of course their first choice of words were “I love you.” It was their second choice that made the most impact on …