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  • Gratitude

    Gratitude Journal: January 21, 2015

    Three things for which I am grateful today: 1. My part-time gig at z11 communications just flat makes me happy to do the work I’m…

    January 22, 2015
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    Gratitude Journal: January 20, 2015

    Three thing for which I’m grateful today: 1. A delivery of new product from my medical supply company. A colostomy appliance with a smaller footprint…

    January 21, 2015
  • Gratitude

    Gratitude Journal: January 19, 2015

    Three things for which I am grateful today: 1. My church. St. John’s Lutheran Church rocks. A group of more than 50 of us, including…

    January 20, 2015
  • Friends Gratitude Love

    Celebrating MLK Day — The Movement was about Love

    I’m always proud of the congregation at St. John’s Lutheran Church, and never more so than on a day like today, Martin Luther King, Jr.,…

    January 19, 2015
  • Gratitude

    Gratitude Journal: January 18, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Rev. Amy Carole Figg. The first person I ever met from St. John’s Lutheran Church, Amy is…

    January 19, 2015
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    Another day, Another Poo-mergency

    Blame it on the weight loss, a bad batch of colostomy wafers or something else entirely, but the last two days have seen two major…

    January 18, 2015
  • Friends Gratitude

    Gratitude Journal: January 16, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Lunch with Adam began the redeeming of a crazy, stressful week. Holly’s Corner. Great conversation, laughter over…

    January 17, 2015
  • Friends Gratitude

    Gratitude Journal: January 15, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Laughter. It’s been a stressful week. A colleague cracked a joke as I was mid-sip on my…

    January 16, 2015
  • Giving Back Gratitude Thriving

    It’s a Beautiful, Beautiful Life

    For several weeks at the end of last year, I’d run into people who told me they saw me on TV. As a PR guy…

    January 15, 2015
  • Gratitude

    Gratitude Journal: January 14, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Marley dog. A couple of long, frustrating days at work made better by a few minutes of…

    January 15, 2015
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