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I want to take a brief moment to congratulate my daughter, Harper, on being elected vice president of the Oklahoma Student Council last week. We are all very proud of you.

One of my go-to sayings when things aren’t going well is, “Two steps forward and one back.” Recently, I was in the unfortunate position of using this saying several times in one day, actually for about a week. We all have those days, or even weeks, from time to time. So, generally, this is a phrase I use when things aren’t going like I want them to.

After a week or so of using this phrase way too much, and once th...