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Happy Anniversary … To Me

Posted on September 3, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

When I checked my notifications this morning, there was one from WordPress. “Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com!You registered on WordPress.com five years ago.” Wow! Five years! When I checked further, that’s 689 published posts, not including this one. This year, there … Continue reading →

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Words for the Week

Posted on August 14, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. –- Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon As many of you know, I send out a weekly Words for the Week to family … Continue reading →

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— 30 —

Posted on July 20, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Way back when when I started in this crazy business, reporters would pound the keyboards of our trusty manual typewriters on recycled newsprint. We would pull out our masterpiece and send it to the editor. There, red from the editor’s … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Define

Posted on March 31, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Friday. Time for Five Minute Friday. Yeah, I know. Friday. But I do look forward to the writing exercise, meeting with my FMF friends to ponder, put down and share a word prompt with them. Thanks to Kate Motaung for … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Slow

Posted on February 25, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Five Minute Friday on Saturday time. You know what that means … letting the neurons out of their cages to roam free, spark the heart, mind and soul and trigger the finger movements for a five minute post on … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Safe

Posted on February 10, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

I feel like I’m on a roll. It’s Friday and I’m working on my Five Minute Friday contribution. Okay, it’s late Friday … but it’s still Friday! The exercise involves spending five minutes writing on a specific prompt word and … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Prayer — 2016

Posted on December 25, 2016 by wisdomfromafather

As a Christmas gift to myself, I again vowed to take Christmas off. No writing. No work. But I did want to share a Christmas message. What to do? Well, as I did last year, I “borrowed” some words my … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Top Post of 2016

Posted on December 21, 2016 by wisdomfromafather

I did just what I promised last week and waded through this year’s Five Minute Friday posts to pick out YOUR favorite. Ironically, while not Christmasy, it was relevant to the season. This week we celebrate Christ’s birth. YOUR favorite … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Expect

Posted on May 21, 2016 by wisdomfromafather

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. This week’s prompt is EXPECT. The timer is set … so here goes. {clock starts now} It’s Saturday. Did you really expect a Five Minute Friday on Friday? Seriously, I was told … Continue reading →

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In the Blink of an Eye — Epilogue 3

Posted on April 27, 2016 by wisdomfromafather

Before wrapping up this journey, I had to say thank you to my children for giving me permission to share this behind the scenes look at my 40-plus year adventure with Karen. Karen, of course, is/was the best thing that … Continue reading →

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