Growing Up With Basketball
As some of you may know, I am the President of our local youth basketball program. It consists of about 230 kids across 25 teams and is something I enjoy […]
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Pumpkin Vice: Percival’s Pumpkin Tale
The search is over…I have found the Holy Pumpkin Grail!
17 Years and Still Raw Emotions
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t shed some tears today. I put on the History channel early and the grief and fear resurfaced as it always does and probably always will. So I thought I’d share some of the random thoughts I had, even as I tried to […]
NY in PA: Behind Enemy Lines
Day 215. Life continues to spiral around me in a blur of green, silver and white, with all semblance of what was before, gone. It is in a land I know and love and call home, but it is in a world I have yet to adjust to. It is […]
We, Though Many, Are One Body
I grew up a Catholic. I attended 11 years of Catholic school. We send our children to Catholic school. I say prayers for strength in times of need. I say prayers of thanksgiving in times of joy. I say prayers outside my sons’ rooms every night. I keep a Bible […]
Pumpkin Vice: Frosted Flakes
What happens when you throw pumpkin spice and flakes together? Nope, not potpourri.
Inspired by …
In high school I carried a composition book with me that I would write poems and “prose” in from time to time. I titled the notebook “Inspired by Boredom” because I predominantly wrote when I was bored, which means I did most of my writing while sitting through a class. […]
Lessons from Little Leaguers
It’s 8:40 on a Tuesday morning and I want to go to my kids school, pull them out of class and apologize to them. I want to apologize to them for my demeanor and attitude after our last few little league games. I want to tell them how proud I […]
A Kiss a Half Lifetime Ago
When Andrea and I went on our first date and had our first kiss, I was 21 years, 2 months and 26 days old. When February 11th of this year quietly arrived, so did 21 years, 2 months and 26 days since that first kiss. I have now spent half […]
Looking Back at Christmas 2004
This afternoon I went out on my lunch break to the Walmart to find some dry erase markers that are to be a part of a special Santa present to the boys. It was rainy and dreary and as I tried to navigate out of the difficult parking lot, a […]
