When I was in Bismarck I had an opportunity, albeit far too brief, to visit with my pal Mary Senger. Mary is Burleigh County's emergency manager. I don't get to see or visit with Mary often enough. She is my roomie at IAEM conferences, but that is only for a handful of days once a [...]
Tag: integrity
Gaby’s Social Experiment
Gaby Rodriguez decided to do a social experiment in her senior year in high school. She decided to pretend she was pregnant for six months to better understand how pregnant teens are treated. I read Gaby's story on In-Forum today and I couldn't help but cheer for her. There aren't many 17 year old high [...]
I cross my heart…not my fingers.
How important is honesty to you? I suspect that most people would respond with a hearty, "Very important!" or something equally emphatic. I surmise every human being has been less than 100% honest at some point in their life. As a kid you may have lied about doing or not doing something (albeit, you likely [...]
All things being relative…
I had an epiphany this morning. It all started during my regular Wednesday morning radio conversation with Bruce Kelly and his producer Kyle Iverson. Kyle shared with me that his cousin, Tricia, is one of my former students. Who knew? It is a small world...at least around here it seems to be. Learning that Kyle [...]
It became immediately clear that it was time for a revolution…
Facebook changed its profile format (again) recently. There was an option right after they unveiled the new format to switch over, but I was in no hurry to do so. After a few weeks of urging me to switch over like all my friends had the powers that be at Facebook just took it upon [...]
For the fierce girls…
This blog is for all the fierce girls in the world. All the girls who resist being compliant when faced with pressure from a male-dominated system. This blog is for the fierce girls who stand up for what they believe in and don't back down when threatened...those who when told they will do something that [...]
Trust
Trust - small word, big concept. As I have grown older my appreciation of the value of trust has magnified. When I was younger, I was better able to believe that trust could be rebuilt after multiple breaches. Over the years I have realized that multiple breaches after awhile are akin to breaches in a [...]
THE NEW FORTY 