Follow Your Passion: My First Year Reflection “Do what you love,” was the simple message of USA Today’s Heidi Przybyia. She was presenting at the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Leadership Forum, an opportunity for women entrepreneurs to hear from others and become re-energized with their passions. Her message kept repeating in my head. Last year, as I turned 50 years old, I decided …
Getting Back to Basics
“I took out all of my teeth, Mara,” were the words that my 84-year old Uncle Butch said to me as he recounted his parachute jump from a plane that day. He had plastic teeth that would not have made the trip with him. So rather than fretting over it, he simply took them out and handed them to my …