Drizzling rain slows traffic as I weave my way 15 minutes to home.   I’m not usually traveling this time of day, and any other day, I would have been school-girl giddy to leave the four walls of my office.  But today is the day of telling, of branding…positive or negative. Never has “positive” been so undesirable, and never has” negative” taken on such a hopeful and optimistic meaning. The click of my heels up the walk strikes louder today.  Sweet magnolia fragrance hugs the air just long enough for me to take notice.  They’ve been in bloom for months, but just captured my attention in this space of time.  The gardeners have already cut the grass, and the manicured symmetry is stunning in the sunlight. Why is it our senses awaken when life threatens to hit hard?  I try to live in Continue Reading