Voices

A couple weeks back I received an email about my January 1st column. The reader, Dale from Westville, opined, “I really wish you would take time in your column to explain what all the free money has done to the markets. The stock buyback tricks...

The payoff for “holding down the fort” for my teammates over the holidays was a long-ago scheduled ski trip the first week of January. The location — Whistler, British Columbia — was on the Marc “bucket list,” and this vacation had been...

Speaking with a mindset of abundance and self-validation is so much better than limiting yourself. I’ve been talking to my cousin about something he’s coaching others on, and it’s very insightful stuff. I’m not doing his coaching...

The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill passed late last year during the final weeks of the prior Congress included some important changes to the rules and laws pertaining to retirement planning. This legislation, termed the Secure Act 2.0, enhances...

It was around midnight when my wife shook me out of a dead sleep with three concerning words, “I smell smoke.” I could smell it instantly. Awake. We moved downstairs quickly and quietly to not wake the children and began checking rooms starting...

Understanding one another is probably the biggest problem in business, but it’s a life issue as well.  In the late ‘90s, I was interning at Walt Disney World. If your kids ever get a chance, don’t let them pass it up. It wasn’t easy, not...

Today I needed to cut down a few small to medium size trees near the playground of my son’s school. I promised someone at the school I’d bring a chainsaw and take care of it. The chainsaw wouldn’t start. I did everything I could to get it going...

Very recently I had one of those days.  You know those days. Someone had an immediate and urgent need that picked at the goals of the day.  At the end of the day I made a silly mistake any good IT person would get frustrated by, even though...

THIS MONTH, JUDY WILLIAMSON OF HERITAGE AND ARCHIVES BEGINS A SERIES TO HELP RIPPLES READERS GET TO KNOW THE PHJC SISTERS. In my own understanding of myself, I was always a “simple peasant girl”, and from my parents I somehow understood that...

Let's start our day by checking out the weather and from the portico. Another lovely, sunny morning. We welcome it in the spirit with Elsa  Litmann, who has already sung her morning hymn of welcome to this day. We wonder what new things she’ll...