I served more than twenty years in the United States Army. More than twenty years is a long time to know where you belong. There was a uniform to put on. A mission to accomplish. People who depended on me. Even on the hardest days, there was a structure around my life that helped me understand my place in it. Then I retired. The Army had a date for the end of my service. Learning who I was beyond it took longer. People see the retirement, the accomplishments, the rank. They s

Should businesses be expected to take a political side? Sometimes you just want a chicken sandwich. No debate. No declaration. Just lunch. But when a business has been part of a public controversy, can it ever get back to simply serving lunch? That question came to mind after reading about Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy’s recent TODAY interview. Asked about the company’s position on LGBTQ+ equal rights, he emphasized hospitality and welcoming everyone. Some people wanted a more

They say some of the scariest words a person can hear are, “You have cancer.” 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Even if those words have never been spoken directly to you, most of us have felt the weight of them through someone we love. A parent. A friend. A sister. A coworker. Someone who was living life one day and facing appointments, treatments, fear, and hard decisions the next. Cancer has a way of changing the room.