Family & Children & Thoughts on Things
A rather wide-ranging and inclusive category on different topics and subjects.
“Gathered here on hallowed ground, etched in echoes of somber sound of muffled drum and freedom’s song, are the boots of those so young. May we keep what they have saved so we honor what they’ve done. They died so we could keep that song– such sacrifice from those so young. May we always hear […]
All over the world, students are graduating from schools at every level: grade schools, high schools, colleges, graduate schools, medical schools, law schools. And for you who are graduating, I offer my heartfelt congratulations, and thanks! Why thanks? Because of course it marks an accomplishment. But it also marks you–the graduate–as a learner, as someone who understands […]
Happy Mother’s Day to my mom! Happy Mother’s Day to my wife! Happy Mother’s Day to all moms! Enjoy your special day!
Nurses are so important to all of us. And many people don’t realize how important they are to the entire health care system. They are your advocates in a hospital. They are the front line of medicine. They ask questions. They listen. They observe. They touch. They assess. They care. They know a lot […]
I just want to wish everyone who visits here and reads my little pieces a very happy Thanksgiving Day! I am grateful to you. This is a uniquely American tradition, and as much as it has been commercialized, it still retains value because it helps to bring friends and families together. And special thanks to […]
Time to say Thanks! Today, Sunday, I am thanking some people, and I will try to do this throughout the week. I met a wonderful lady for coffee on Friday. Jean MacDonald is a speaker and a business coach. She is actually a Distinguished Toastmaster (or DTM), and she speaks to organizations and businesses […]
Sunday, October 12, 2014! The Chicago Marathon! Are you running? Is your wife, husband, son, daughter, friend? Will you be watching? I wish I was running again! I think the very coolest part of the Marathon is the very beginning: There is a mass of people stretching blocks back from the starting line. After […]
Walk to End Alzheimer’s More Walks to End Alzheimer’s are scheduled for the upcoming weekends. Walk. Donate what you can. Click here to Walk or Donate You already know someone with this disease—a family member; a friend; it might even be you, though you don’t know it. When you forget something, do […]
Alzheimer’s Disease Affects So Many Families Sunday, September 21, 2014, a Walk to End Alzheimer’s will occur at North Central College, Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium. There are other walks in the Chicago area in the near future as well. See the link below for walks in Schaumburg, Libertyville, Glenview, Chicago, Joliet,Lake in the Hills, and Harrisburg, IL. […]
Today I am re-running “The Silence and the Darkness,” a poem about September 11, 2001. The Silence and the Darkness September 11, 2001 Can you hear the silence? There’s a space there in your mind many years old but still brand new— still burning you and touching you though you were far away. Can […]
