March 11, 2010, Posted by Mela at 3:02 PM
The Olympics are over and have started to become just a faint memory to most people.
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Greg & I had the great fortune to be at the Opening Ceremonies in Vancouver with some friends & clients of his.
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We saw Simon Aamann become the first gold medalist of the 2010 Olympic Games – when he won the [...]
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February 25, 2010, Posted by Mela at 12:07 PM
Population: 2,600 – no malls, fast-food restaurants, stop lights or movie theaters
Man, I wanted to get out of that little town. When I saw the world that was beyond the borders of the tiny, Midwestern city I grew up in, I didn’t know how anyone would choose to live there. I admit it has its [...]
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February 18, 2010, Posted by Mela at 2:26 PM
A friend’s tweet got me thinking about doors, locked doors, closed doors and slammed doors.
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You see, sometimes as parents, we’d like our kids to leave our presence and go somewhere else – usually that “somewhere” is their own room. For me, this is doubly exhausting because not only do my kids not move very quickly [...]
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