Fate

How do you respond to a chain of events that could not have been preplanned?  When you sit next to a wonderful woman on the plane looking to adopt a baby and your pregnant teenager is looking for suitable parents to raise her baby: do you think that is fate and embrace it or just a coincidence and ignore it?  Or when you attend the same event as an adventurous business woman who wants to invest in a company that does what you have been dreaming about for decades, do you ask her to meet with you to discuss your mutual dream or let the chance slip by because the timing is bad?  

In This House...

I remember as a child hearing my parents and grandparents use the same phrases over and over again, they drilled it into my head and I was so irritated when I'd hear...
"Three no-thank you bites" - meaning, I had to choke down what ever nasty food they put in front of me (Well, at least 3 bites of it) like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, or kidney beans.

Inagural blog

I write this blog, the first of my personal blog site, at 30,000 feet in the air on the way to San Diego for a Board meeting. I struggle with balance between my complex and globally relevant job and my beautiful wonderful family. I cannot be without both worlds or I am out of homeostasis. There is a lot of guilt in this conundrum, because I am constantly accused of being too committed to the "other" world. Can I not be me? Can I not be the complicated and multifaceted being that I am? Must I pretend that the "other" side of me does not exist? So this is my summary of me.