What If No One Says, “Wow?”
How others respond to us matters. We shape each other by our reactions. We shape our communities by our interactions. Kids doing some daring feat like riding a two-wheel bike solo for the first time, might call out “look at me!” It’s great if someone is there to cheer...
Balance, Credit Card Debt and “Her Niece, Elizabeth”
“From now on, I will always [fill in the next part: exercise, control my temper, eat more vegetables, save more money…]. If you are successful in following up on whatever statement you made, bravo. If you continued your plan for a long-time, months, years, you deserve...
Seven People, One Bathroom, Equals A Financial Plan
Part of what is the matter with America today is we have too many bathrooms. How many people shared a bathroom in your home when you were growing up? We were blessed to have one set of grandparents living with us, so we were seven, and we shared one full bathroom,...
A Wonderful Day and Why Words Matter at the Heart of Good Financial Planning & Discerning What Matters Most to Us
I knew it was going to be a wonderful day because as I brought my toothbrush to my mouth, I smelled peanut butter. I had coated my toothbrush with the mini poodle Tilly’s toothpaste. Tilly does not like having her teeth brushed but she tolerates the process because...
