January 25, 2020
2019 has been some kind of year. I am looking back right now not so much because of the new year we all just went through, but also because I just celebrated my 61st birthday! I sit here at the end of this decade and now into the 2nd year of my “60’s” and am amazed at...
January 8, 2020
ALL IS POSSIBLE
Darkness over the water
With only the stars and fading moon greeting the waves breaking on the shore
It starts in the silence of the night, almost unnoticeable
But it has begun, darkness to light
Revealing only the smallest of hints of what is to come
A singl...
January 1, 2020
PRELUDE: A Happy New Year to all who may stumble across this and take the time to read it. We sit here just hours after the end of 2019, the end of another decade, and the start of this new year of 2020. Amazing that another 10 years have gone by. Thinking of the end o...
October 23, 2019
Dear friends: Hope all of you are well and enjoying your best life ever. I have been off line and off of this blog for some time. I started it about 5+ years ago as my son George was entering his senior year at Iowa (playing football). Partly as a way to think about...
February 24, 2019
It was in the morning hours. I usually get up fairly early and do my little routine. One thing I love about that time of day is the quiet and solitude. A chance to read, reflect, pray, whatever. I love the cloak of darkness, maybe pushed back slightly with a candle or...
January 30, 2019
01/28/19 - A couple of days past my 60th birthday I sit on a plane heading to Orlando Florida. I am with my wife Jan, our son George, and his fiancé Claire Till. We are on our way to Orlando for the 2019 Pro Bowl. For the few of you who read this you likely know that G...
September 8, 2018
We have now entered year two of our tag along to our son George and his career in the NFL. Last year we went through the draft, his preparations for his first NFL camp, surviving the cut to 53, and then all of the ups and downs of his first season along with the strugg...
June 18, 2018
The world is a big place and at times can make us feel very small. The enormity of it all with all the people, places, and things going on, and here we are, just tiny specks in the grand scheme of things. But yet we are given the opportunity for this life, with this li...
April 20, 2018
I have the great benefit of having the opportunity to cross paths with many unique individuals from a wide variety of diverse occupations and backgrounds. These encounters come about for many reasons, from clients, to friends, to colleagues, to strangers.
Recently I wa...
March 19, 2018
Well this is an exciting time of the year for so many people with NCAA basketball tournaments going on in men's and women's, plus NIT, plus I just watched NCAA College Wrestling Championships. Now my friends and family know that I am not really much of a basketball fan...
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