Children are wonderful beings, most of the time when they’re not making mommies and daddies pull their hair out. I know this for a fact because I have two beautiful children and yes, sometimes I want to pull my hair out. I am consoled by the fact that they both angels when they are in [...]
Wow. 39.99 years of my life, coming to a close and that’s not dollars. You’ll have to forgive me for this blatantly self-serving recap of my life blog post. I figure it’s my blog and if I want to use it as a means of sharing this, I can do that. You see, tomorrow I [...]
by VaNessa Duplessie on November 12, 2010 · 12 comments
The dictionary definition of the word patience as it relates to my writing today is: Tolerant and even-tempered perseverance or the capacity for calmly enduring pain, trying situations, etc. I don’t know about you and your business but I know the past two years have required a lot of patience on my part. I’ve been [...]
by VaNessa Duplessie on September 20, 2010 · 5 comments
My son started at a new school this year. I was very active in his previous school and was wondering where I’d jump in this year to parent volunteer. It’s not always easy for a parent to participate in their child’s education at the level they might want to with both parents working and the [...]
The last weekend before school begins for my family is here. It used to be that Labor Day weekend was the official last weekend of summer. Not so much for most people anymore. Some are in year round school and some start at the end of August. This led me to think this morning about [...]
by VaNessa Duplessie on August 4, 2010 · 4 comments
The month of July was a whirlwind. Between the 4th of July, The No Excuses Summit and my 2 week vacation in New England with the family which was followed by friends visiting town I didn’t really have the chance to work much in July. Part of me thinks that the 18 hour days I [...]