PARTY LINE TELEPHONE - Relationship Coaching

Hello!
I’m so delighted to meet you here in this virtual university. Isn’t it amazing to be part of an on-line community where we will build relationships without ever meeting face-to-face? What a privilege.

I know I’m showing my age here, but I recall a day when talking on the telephone was new way to communicate. I remember the day the big black wall telephone was installed in the living room of my house. My phone number was “North 3156” and the neighbors used the same “party line.” Picking up the phone it was common to hear Myrtle and Joyce planning a Sunday potluck dinner, or Irvin asking Dean about the cows out on the road. (I lived in a small farming community in northern Wisconsin.)

The party line wasn’t a problem – in fact people seemed to like the connection between neighbors. When my mother picked up the phone she generally took the time to say “hello” to whoever was talking. It would have been rude to hang up without at least sharing a greeting! And the beauty of a friendly neighborhood party line was that my mother often ended up adding her opinion, and a “dish-to-share” to the potluck and my family would join Myrtle’s and Joyce’s for dinner that weekend. Or, if she knew who owned the cows on the road she’d share her insights so Irvin and Dean could help the cows get to their right home. That was community. Those people knew about relationships.

And that is my prayer for WAHM U and our discussions about relationships. While we will probably never meet in person, I hope we will build friendships. Please share your insights about working from home, as well as your challenges. Working from home sometimes brings isolation and loneliness. Many work-at-home employees are juggling parenthood and their career, changing a load of laundry in between conference calls. How do we create and maintain strong, positive relationships with our business contacts and our families? Let’s talk about that!

Take a moment to visit my website www.BeginAgainLifeCoaching.com to get to know me, and then please leave a blog entry to introduce yourself to me and to the rest of our WAHM U professionals.

Diane Overgard, CFLE
Family Life Specialist and Coach
www.BeginAgainLifeCoaching.com
www.FamilyImpact.net

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