July 2016

During editorial meetings, when I pitched stories impacting senior citizens, producers and managers often dismissed me like the elite might turn away from a commoner who walked into the wrong room. Someone might sarcastically snap back, “We know. Everyone has a grandmother,” a snarky rebuttal to previous arguments that younger viewers actually care about older […]

My Dad is not a public speaker. However, you don’t need the skill of talking eloquently before crowds to ensure words carry weight and wield influence. Many times when life’s building frustrations pushed me closer to whichever metaphorical edge that might have applied at the time, my Dad’s slower delivery of wisdom successfully provided the