Randy Pausch

Many of you have probably heard of Randy Pausch, the Carnegie-Mellon professor who has terminal pancreatic cancer.  He gave his “last lecture” back in September to a packed audience at the university.  His words are truly inspiring.
I don’t know if anyone saw this interview with Diane Sawyer last evening but the hour long special is [...]

Inspirational Quote

Saw this quote today on an email circulating around the office.  Have no idea where it came from but I like it.  So on the days I don’t want to make lemonade from lemons as a fellow inspirational Ms. Lemonade does, I will follow this mantra instead.
“When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt and call [...]

More deep thoughts

A co-worker forwarded this story to me this morning that was on Good Morning America.  It makes me well up thinking about it.  I really admire this man’s courage.  It makes me unbelievably sad that his family has to watch him go through this and eventually not have him around anymore.  And his story just [...]

Inspirational quote

I just saw this quote tonight in an email and I have no idea who the author is but I like the quote.  I think it’s a good quote for military spouses and families to keep in mind given the challenges we face.  To me, it’s about embracing now, even though my DH is thousands [...]