Ok, so sometimes it’s the ElemEntArY TrUtHs we need to be reminded of the most. This is something I talk to my kids about frequently. And they talk to me about it, as well!! We like to compare the words we speak to HoNeY and ViNeGaR. There’s a Proverb that says: “Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweetContinue reading “Honey Or Vinegar?”
Category Archives: People
Email Me
I recently I spoke with a friend who was hurt about not being included in a DeCisiOn that the rest of her family made without her. The situation could have been avoided by simply picking up the phone or sending a quick email. Instead, everyone got busy with life, assumed that she would be okayContinue reading “Email Me”
ThAt WaS AwKwArD!!
“Hello, My Name is Robynn and I’m a GeEk.” (Is there a support group for this sort of thing?) I remember telling my students that I was a geek and they would immediately come to my defense saying, “Oh, no! You are not a geek, Ms. Hofer!” But I ReAllY aM. (Thanks students for the vote ofContinue reading “ThAt WaS AwKwArD!!”
Lost In Translation
Do you ever have one of those MoMenTs in an email conversation or text where you read the comment and your response is, “That was RUDE! I can’t believe they said that!” That is the unfortunate ConseQuenCe of written communication. People don’t have the ability to interject tone or emphasis on particular words, and aContinue reading “Lost In Translation”
What a Relief!
Don’t you appreciate it when someone is completely HonEst with you about a situation you have been secretly struggling with? As soon as they open up, you immediately think, “What a relief! I thought I was the OnLy oNe dealing with that!” When you get in those situations, do you return the FaVor by opening upContinue reading “What a Relief!”
{My Husband’s Therapist}
“ThErApiSts” and can come in many forms. For some it is a ProFesSioNaL who has spent years in school learning to HeLp others. For others it is a trusted FriEnD or CoNfiDaNt. For my husband it is our chocolate lab, WaLtEr. One of my “therapists” is “RuNniNg. If you are needing a BoOsT, maybe it isContinue reading “{My Husband’s Therapist}”
My way is the right way!
When I first started dating my husband, he always said something that really stuck with me: “Different strokes for different folks”. It wasn’t as if I had never heard that before, but that day it rang a bell in my mind as to how we should ReSpeCt the way people run their lives. I thinkContinue reading “My way is the right way!”
You Are Who You Hang Around
If you want your life to head in a certain diRection, you’ll get the best results by surrounding yourself with people that “liVe” the life you are striving for. My husband I have found that ImProving our marriage, finances, parenting or how we treat other people, is much eAsiEr when we hang out with friends thatContinue reading “You Are Who You Hang Around”
All There
In this age of smart phones, Facebook, Twitter, and all the other distractions we deal with throughout our day it’s sometimes hard to “be all there” as exhorted by missionary/martyr Jim Elliot in his famous quote: “Where ever you are, be all there.” Where are you? Home –“Be all there.” Work – “Be all there.” Prayer –“Be all there.” InContinue reading “All There”
FRAN
Nine years ago this month I lost a very close friend to cancer. Her name was FrAn. I met Fran when I was in jr. high. She moved to my small town of 300 people with her husband, BoB, who was our K-12 school’s superintendent. They immediately became a part of our community and school. Fran LoVeD people, music and God. Actually, Fran justContinue reading “FRAN”
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