This is a really special week. I keep being amazed (ok, I really wanted to say I keep freaking out!) over how linked it appears my life is flowing right now. I shouldn’t be surprised. I have prayed for miracles and little by little, day by day, they seem to appear out of no where. [...]

It’s almost time… the gifts are wrapped.. and Santa has shopped.. and the stockings are hung by the chimney with care… ready to be stuffed!!! Tonight, at my parents house, will be most of my family getting together to celebrate the birth of the Christ Jesus. We’ll eat, drink and pray, and thank God for [...]

I love the quote the only constant is CHANGE. For me, and I think for many people, these challenging and different economic times are forcing me to look at my core and to see what needs change. After evaluation, I realized, “wow.. there is a LOT that needs work in my life.” I guess that [...]

It’s no secret to anyone, that living with special needs in a home is very challenging on a daily basis. It can be overwhelming on most days, but recently I heard something that has made it all a lot less challenging. It was a very, very short statement, from a long time friend and business [...]

Three years ago I moved back to my home town of Winter Park, FL. I have loved running into “kids” who now have kids of their own, even going off to college. Of course our hair is a little greyer, balder, and we might be a little fatter, but the faces are the same and [...]

This week I received an amazing gift. It made my heart happy and when I said thank you it was genuine and enthusiastic! The person who gave it to me quickly shared everything about the gift and was just as excited that she was able to give it to me! What was it? Not a [...]

At Beyond The Stuff we’ve all made a commitment to take certain days to blog. Yesterday was my day. (www.beyondthestuff.com) I missed it. I did try. I sat down and started to write. But all I could come up with was this: “God help me. God help me. God help me”. Why? Well, because I [...]

Social Skills 101 I. Introduction – What makes an interesting and dynamic and polite person? II. The IntroductionA. My name is…..B. It’s nice to meet you (NAME)1. Show enthusiasm! 2. Look in their eyes when you say their name C. Response- “it’s nice to meet you too (NAME)!1. Show enthusiasm!2. Look in their eyes when [...]

I was in shock!!! It changed my life! I couldn’t believe it but then decided that it was just the way it was supposed to be from about a minute after I discovered it. I walked in the bathroom to find my blackberry in the sink. Okay, not really. It was in the toilet! It [...]

Have you ever taken a look around your company and wondered what in the heck the other people were doing to bring in so much business to the company? You may feel that you’re on equal ground with the other sales person or people, but for some reason they are way ahead of you in the numbers in sales. What is it? Do they drink a magic potion every morning? Do they have a better territory or do they just have better customers?