Appreciation

Legendary Washington Post journalist Bill Gildea passed away last week after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.  I did not know him personally.  Never saw him on television, didn’t follow him on Twitter (and doubt he had an account) and,…

Golf has always been a sport of contradictions for me.  I love to get out in the great outdoors and spend time in competition with good friends.  Nothing better.  But the game does not come naturally to me, and I…

Mr. Rich Drozd was a legend at Georgetown Prep High School.  Prior to his untimely death in 2010, he faithfully served as an English teacher, mentor, and coach for countless students for nearly three decades. It is difficult to pinpoint…

Father Aloysius Galvin, S.J. was a legend at Georgetown Prep High School.  A larger than life figure with a gentle spirit.  When you were in his presence, you were at the center of a fair and just world.  He will…

 Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. – Viktor Frankl Anyone else having issues finding toilet paper? Things got a little grim for The Clark Family last week.  We were down to…

I knew he wouldn’t die, because his life was like the roots of a tree that went miles into the soil and miles around its trunk.  A tree that big can never die.  — Donald Miller, A Million Miles in…

Fear can hold us prisoner. Hope can set us free.  –The Shawshank Redemption When my son was eight years old, we buried a time capsule in the backyard.  It was full of items that were interesting and important to him…

Seek first to understand. –Dr. Stephen Covey Santa Monica, California. The beach.  The pier.  The 3rd Street Promenade.  And Saint Monica’s Church. All of these came together to form an incredible West Coast experience for my wife and me in…