In 2023 I was cast as the understudy for the General in White Christmas. When he joked about getting sick so I could have a run, I told him absolutely not. Twenty years earlier I'd have wanted the spotlight.
I Am Your Understudy
When There’s No One to Escalate To
At work, when someone won't take feedback, there's an org chart. In a small group or a friendship, there's no one to escalate to. That changes what it takes to go somewhere together.
Who She Was Talking About
A man in a grocery store heard a little girl say "look at that fat man," and turned around to see who she meant. What Zig Ziglar's story taught me about how I talk about myself.
We Meet Our Fate Together
My son made a list of older movies to watch with me. Lean on Me put three redemption stories on the screen at once, and none of them happened alone.
Why Every Self-Help Book Frustrated Me — Until I Stopped Looking for a Map
Twenty years of notebooks. The same goals in younger handwriting. I wasn't failing. I was restarting, and I never once marked where I stood.
