Tag: personal

  • Bloom 11 – Ripples in the Water

    Bloom 11 – Ripples in the Water

    A year ago, Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, causing widespread destruction and devastation on a level you don’t want to see, much less experience. A year later, there is still a lot of work to do – this was a life-changing event for the small towns and rural areas of this region and…

  • One Good Thing

    One Good Thing

    Today’s One Good Thing is really a bundle of them. I begin my new position tomorrow and I’m excited. (To be strictly honest, there are a few butterflies as well, but I know well that just means I want to make a good impression. That’s not a bad thing.) It’s so much like the first…

  • One Good Thing

    One Good Thing

    Today’s One Good Thing comes from odd holidays. Yesterday was National Donut Day, a day with a strangely wonderful history. I celebrated by exiting off a crowded interstate on my drive up to Dad’s to compare my beloved Krispy Kreme (Hot & Now Original Glaze can’t be beat!) with Dunkin’, who certainly had the cuter…