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Hi, GSD Factor friends! R.C. Farrish here!    This month in Life Skills class, we are focused on the word and meaning of integrity. The definition that my teacher shared is, “Having integrity means being honest and fair.”    We have discussed that this is a good character trait to have and something that we […]

“I started to wonder if it would ever be my time.”   -Rory McIlroy, 2025 Masters Champion, the first European to achieve a Career Grand Slam, and making him only the 6th golfer in history.   Sunday at the Masters was one for the history books. Now my late father was an avid golfer, having […]

Life is a lot at the moment. For everyone.    When interacting with each other, we may be privy to all that is going on in someone’s life, but most likely we are not. It takes a dose of grace to interact with people in this day and age because we forget that life is […]

Hi, GSD Factor friends!  R.C. Farrish here!    I love sports! I love playing sports and I play a lot of them. I also love watching sports with my family.   I play softball, basketball, flag football, karate, swimming, running and I’m learning to ice skate.   Right now it’s basketball season and this has […]

I’ve been in Tennessee for seven years this year. Every year, since I’ve been here, we’ve had snow at least once, and when it comes, most of the city shuts down. Schools are out, and people are either off work or working from home. This year was no different.     The snow was predicted to […]

  Hi, GSD Factor friends!  R.C. Farrish here!     This year my brother and I have been trying new things. This has been both fun and scary. We have liked some of the new things and not liked other things.    One of those things we tried was flag football. I have loved playing flag […]

One of the favorite shows that my husband and I watch is old reruns of Whose Line Is It Anyway?   It is incredible to watch the few hundred episodes and see how the actors navigate effortlessly through all the various scenarios, their quick wit, creativity, and their lack of fear. Let me explain.    […]

  Be Inquisitive.   The key to being inquisitive is understanding that we are always learning. Your goal is to always be curious and remember to always be a student of life. Being inquisitive gives you the humble awareness that you are not the smartest person in the room, but the knowledge to know how […]

I recently got a chance to hear Stuart Weitzman, American shoe designer, entrepreneur, and founder of the shoe company, Stuart Weitzman, speak at an event.   He shared his key “truisms” that have sustained him throughout his entrepreneurial journey. To hear about those once-in-a-lifetime moments that he held onto and maximized as they related to […]