MY VERY OWN AVERY LABELS

POSITIVELYDESCRIBING ME   CONFIDENTLY POSITIVE   NEGATIVELY DESCRIBING ME   ADVERSELY NEGATIVE American   Neutral   Athletic   Nervous Balanced ...

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LIVING LIFE FULLY ON BORROWED TIME

It’s been one year since you took your last breath on Earth and left us. At times it seems so long ago and other times it seems like it was only yesterday we let you go. Not a single day has gone by that we both share roller coaster of emotions from tears of sadness or sharing a good laugh with you....

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STANDING FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN MYSELF

As the last weeks of summer come to a close, the days are always filled with a perfect pandemonium filled with a balanced blend of chaos and structure. As a Program Director I was winding down summer after school programs and summer camp and preparing to open the school year after school programs. The...

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PRESSING PAUSE TO CAPTURE ONE MOMENT IN TIME

My heart is telling me one thing, my mind another while my gut told me to trust instinct... Much like a roller coaster with its many banked turns, barrel rolls, vertical loops and flat turns, July 2017 will have finished the first year of special dates without Dad to celebrate with. Although not...

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ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD

In my early childhood and school-age programs, I NEVER allowed for glitter to be used in or on any projects coming from my centers. I realize this often was the highlight of an arts and crafts project or a holiday’s creative décor but it was a NO, NO and a final NO when staff begged for it on their...

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STAY IN YOUR LANE

If you have been reading my blog regularly, you will have an understanding of the ups and downs of my YMCA career as well as undoubtedly have a grasp of the numerous positions I’ve held over the past thirty plus years. From camp counselor to most recently payroll administrator the story’s much like...

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MINDING MANNERS WHEN MANNERS MATTER

February 2017 It has taken me nearly 3 months to get around to reading all the texts, e-mails, phone calls, Facebook posts and letters of love and support sent to Mom and I received on the recent passing of Vilmos (Bill) Kovacs, my Dad. Not only where there plenty of reading to do, but for me, reading...

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REVISITING THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE TODAY

I am certain we all remember Aesop’s fable of The Tortoise and the Hare where the amiable tortoise triumphs the overconfident hare in the race of the century. I beg to differ, the tortoise may have won the race but the hare still may have come out ahead. Times have changed for both the employee and...

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