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My wife Carol has an amazing affinity for animals of all kinds. Our house is a virtual Noah’s ark of pets, including dogs, cats, birds, fish, and other assorted, furry varmints. Each pet enjoys Carol’s special blend of care and attention. She has a natural ability to communicate [...]
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This post is dedicated to my friend David. I hope you realize how many friends you have in your “network.”
In Praise of Networking
Exactly one month to the day now since I was laid-off. I had my first phone interview last week regarding a great local job with a Fortune 500 company. The position looks like [...]
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It has now been a little over a week since the layoff. 300 people were let go over two days. One of them was my friend Brad, who used to work in the IT Department. The two of us immediately decided to form a support group.
I don’t know how I would have gotten through the [...]
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The rumor mill was buzzing at work when I arrived there on Wednesday: layoffs were beginning again. Coworkers were gathered in small groups, speaking in hushed tones. As the morning dragged on, I overheard anxious and tearful clips of conversations as people passed by in the hallway beyond my cube. The rumors were true.
I focused [...]
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Many of the posts to this blog have been inspired by my prayer journal, but I’ve never shared an experience directly out of its pages before now. The following account is taken from my journal entries for Friday, February 20.
I started as I do most mornings with my prayer time at my desk before the [...]
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Our son Brett just received his Eagle rank from the Boy Scouts in a very nice ceremony held this past Saturday. For his Eagle project, he organized the writing and printing of a trail guide for the Flint Ridge State Memorial, documenting the history and significance of the site to the Native Americans and the early [...]
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