Many of you have reached out to me lately in the spirit of concern.  (Thank you.) I've been scattered and distracted. I look pale and a little leeched.  My posts have been flavored with melancholy.

If we're lucky we have a trifecta — a run of three good things — in our lives. Sometimes a twist of fate brings a trifecta of pain into our days.

Years ago, my very first coach, Dr. Elaine Millam, had me make a list of the things about my day that I enjoyed and the things that I hated doing.