This is what happens when compassion turns into action. Shoutout to Piper’s Purpose! 🎉 I’ve had the privilege of knowing Claire Olson personally — she’s a neighbor, a powerful mother, and someone who lives out her values daily. I’ve even had the chance to support one of her sons through his own early entrepreneurial venture, which makes watching this mission grow feel even more meaningful. Earlier this year, Claire and I visited and talked through the heart behind Piper’s Purpose. What began as carefully prepared blankets and baskets — simple, powerful gestures meant to comfort families in moments of unimaginable loss — has grown into a force for education and support for medical professionals right here in our community. By coming alongside caregivers, Claire is helping ensure compassion, awareness, and understanding are woven into care when families need it most. This is purpose-driven leadership at its best — rooted locally, led with heart, and creating ripple effects far beyond what most people ever see. We’re excited about what’s possible ahead and grateful to walk alongside such meaningful work. 💙✨ Be Curious. Be Confident. Be Competitive. Be Kind. #UnapologeticallyFraternal Much Love & Cheers. #ModernWoodmenofAmerica #ThisIsMWA #ThisIsUsMWA #MakeAnImpact #MakeADifference #PeopleHelpingPeople #CommunityMatters #FraternalLife #GiveBack #MWAInTheCommunity #PurposeDrivenWork

A new year doesn’t begin on January 1. It begins when intention meets action. Fresh year. Clear focus. Strong team. We’re stepping into this season grateful for the people we work alongside, energized by the opportunities ahead, and committed to making a meaningful impact — strengthening both the financial futures of our members and the communities we call home. Momentum beats resolution. Consistency dismisses hype. Purpose enhances planning. Action breathes life into intention. Here’s to showing up strong, leading with purpose, and making this year one that truly matters. Be Curious. Be Confident. Be Competitive. Be Kind. #UnapologeticallyFraternal Much Love & Cheers. #ModernWoodmenofAmerica #ThisIsMWA #ThisIsUsMWA #MakeAnImpact #MakeADifference #CommunityMatters #PurposeDrivenWork #UnapologeticallyFraternal

You’re not overwhelmed—you’re under-prioritized. Most “overwhelm” isn’t about capacity. It’s about decision fatigue in disguise. When everything feels urgent, nothing gets done. When everything is a priority, you’re stuck in perpetual triage mode. And when you try to keep every door open, you walk through none. Leaders don’t manage chaos—they curate it. They decide what gets their attention and what gets ignored without apology. Less reacting. More choosing. Overwhelm evaporates when priorities sharpen. Be Curious. Be Confident. Be Competitive. Be Kind. #UnapologeticallyFraternal Much Love & Cheers. #ModernWoodmenofAmerica #RethinkSuccess #DoThingsDifferently #UnpopularOpinion #PauseAndReflect #LetThatSinkIn #RedefineSuccess #PerspectiveShift #TheTruthIs #MindsetReset #ChallengeTheNorm #NotYourAveragePost #ThinkAboutIt #WorkCultureRealTalk #LifeUnfiltered

I almost wrote this sunflower off. My nephew came over to help with landscaping, and when I asked him to cut a tree down at the base… he accidentally cut down my kids’ sunflower instead — the one they’d watched climb past eight feet tall, the one that hadn’t even bloomed yet. By the time I got home, he had it propped against the house, leaves already wilting. It looked done. Still… something in me thought, What if? So I replanted it. No roots. No real chance — just a one-foot hole, mud, and hope. A week later it was worse. Brown. Slumped. Lifeless. Every sign said it was over. My kids were devastated. But growth doesn’t always announce itself. And resilience rarely starts where we can see it. Weeks passed… Then one day, pulling into the driveway, I looked up — and out of the very top of that dead-looking stalk, a new stem had pushed through. A week later… a bud. A few more weeks… and it bloomed into a brilliant sunflower. Small, yes. But mighty. And then came the day when a butterfly landed on it, soaking in a beauty that almost never existed. That’s when it hit me: That sunflower shouldn’t have made it. No roots. No structure. No reason. But it still found a way to send up one more stem… one more bud… one more chance to become what it was meant to be. Even when it looked finished — cut down, wilted, slumped — something inside that sunflower refused to quit. It kept pushing, kept reaching, kept trying to live the only way it knew how. It amazed me — this thing that had every reason to give up choosing instead to grow again. Not perfectly. Not impressively. But honestly. A single bloom. From a broken stalk. And in the end, it did what sunflowers do: it turned whatever strength it had left toward the light… and bloomed anyway. 🌻 Growth doesn’t always look pretty. Resilience rarely announces itself. But it’s there — working beneath the surface long before anyone sees the proof. Be curious. Be confident. Be competitive. Be kind. #UnapologeticallyFraternal Much Love & Cheers. #ModernWoodmenofAmerica #RethinkSuccess #DoThingsDifferently #PauseAndReflect #ThisIsMWA #ThisIsUsMWA