Posts Tagged "tough times"
Healing Memories of Faye “Susie” Chapa
I struggled to find the right words to write my sister’s obituary this week. Her body was shipped home from Cancun late Thursday night, she died of a heart attack while on vacation with my family. The past few days have been difficult as we communicated long distance through phone calls and text messaging, bless my 13 year old niece Simone for being our communication hub for all the family members. The frustration over distance, language and culture differences as we worked through getting everyone back to Minnesota was overwhelming. We are all here now, my brother finally arrived from New Mexico to join us in our grief. My sister had a...
Read MoreDon’t forget the value of Bartering
Barter, trade, exchange, swap, etc. In it’s simplest form to Barter means “to trade goods or services without the exchange of money.” In these tough economic times I look at what I need to build a business and Bartering has become a viable avenue to access needed services. We all have something to offer in trade and before I give away my talent and skill I now take the opportunity to ask my fellow business associates to consider an exchange of services that has a fair exchange value for both of us. It’s funny but when I talk to my friends and associates we tend to under value our gifts and yet the reality is that we all have...
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Mary Chapa is a multi-talented woman with a background in nursing leadership, quality management and business development in both health care and private industry; she's also a writer and a passionate holistic health practitioner living in Minnesota.
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