by debidrecksler | Apr 30, 2010 | Human Interest
Your first love may not be the person you spend the rest of your life with, but the memory of that love stays with you forever. It is 1969 and I am sitting in the Miami Beach public library studying for a college exam. I look up and there is a young man across the...
by debidrecksler | Apr 28, 2010 | Authentic Me Campaign, Human Interest
I am thirty-six years old and three months shy of my thirty-seventh birthday. I am a young man whose grey hair, life experience and old soul belie my age. I am a man who will not dye my hair and who will not hide my wrinkles or scars because in each lies a moment of...
by debidrecksler | Apr 26, 2010 | Human Interest
Sometimes in life, tragedy strikes and we are left picking up the pieces of our shattered lives. For weeks I have been thinking about Abbie Dorn, a beautiful young mother of triplets who was injured during the birth of her babies. Her husband divorced her and took the...
by debidrecksler | Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
The other day, I had the pleasure of visiting the Grand Bohemian Hotel. I have friends coming up from Florida and wanted to give them a detailed description of one of Asheville’s newest hotels. From the moment I walked through the door, I was impressed! Right...
by debidrecksler | Apr 21, 2010 | Authentic Me Campaign
As we embark upon a new paradigm of thinking and functioning, I no longer watch television, read mainstream magazines, or keep up with “popular” culture. For too long, there has been a huge gap between what real consumers need and what is actually...