So, tell me how you really feel…

The picture in this article is of my father, Daymon Brown, who just turned 79 years old last Friday. The little lady he is holding is my granddaughter, Roya Jane. She was only one in this picture, but she is about to turn three years old this summer. They are having a frank discussion about…

It’s the climb…

Recently, my special someone took me and his son rock climbing. I’m not able to climb as I broke my left foot last year and then re-injured it again this past Superbowl Sunday slipping on some ice, but I learned the science of belaying during our visit to the Upper Limits climbing studio in Maryland…

It’s not enough to be on time anymore

When I graduated in 1989 from Fort Zumwalt North High School in O’Fallon, Missouri, I walked off the field that day with not only an academic diploma, an acceptance to St. Louis University, but also a certificate of achievement for having never been late to class a day in my life. That’s right – I’ve…

Making a difference is hard work!

Ok, financial services community – I’m admitting something…I really stunk at math in school. There…I said it out loud. If Mr. Grimes at Fort Zumwalt North High School in O’Fallon, Missouri had not graded on a curve in 10th grade, I likely would have failed geometry. I stopped taking math classes pretty much after that…