by billyzh | Oct 21, 2011 | Career/Job, Financial, Life
“We’re back to the same kind of car we had when we first married,” she mused as we looked around the room. Downsizing was in the making, and we were both remembering, if anything, a bit wistfully. Just seems to be the season these days…but not...
by billyzh | Aug 29, 2011 | Career/Job, Family, History, Relationships, Spirituality
I remember painfully sitting through a High School Advanced Placement history class that for some reason I had tested into. To this day, I will never know how I ended up in there. The teacher certainly wondered too. I never quite got her points. And she let me know...
by billyzh | Aug 9, 2011 | Career/Job, Family, Relationships
I can hear those words as if my mother is saying them to me right now. I would imagine most of you are familiar with this line: If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. If it didn’t come from our mothers it came from some other well meaning soul...
by billyzh | Aug 4, 2011 | Career/Job, Relationships, Spirituality
Those were the words I heard without fail once a week while growing up in my mother’s home. For some reason, every week, one particular night seemed to sneak up on us. Suddenly I would hear, “Trash night!” A mad dash would ensue that consisted of...
by billyzh | Jul 29, 2011 | Career/Job, Spirituality, Travel
It was a cold crisp day in Manhattan. Winter in the Big Apple can be really miserable when you have to walk. So, as I exited my business meeting and stepped out onto the sidewalk it was a treat to find that there was no wind, rain, or snow in sight. The only thing I...
by billyzh | Jul 24, 2011 | Career/Job, Family, Relationships
Have you ever watched someone throw a tantrum? Maybe you have a tendency to burst out yourself. Most of us at one point or another have had the um…shall we say, pleasure? Maybe you have recently been on the receiving end of someone’s temper. Those moments,...
