In an earlier post, I wrote about the biggest thing I learned from my dad. It was not what most people would have supposed. I might not have even guessed it until after he passed away which is too bad. There is a Mike and the Mechanics song from way back that talked about that.
Today I want to focus on what I learned from my mom.
Read More »What I learned from my momThe spring when I was thirteen, I was moving up a level in baseball. I was going from the iconic Little League to the lesser-known Senior Little League. This was the next level for those players who want to continue the sport through the early teen years. Of course, that also meant fewer, more serious players. These were the players who loved the game beyond just pleasing their parents.
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Reading books is a curious pastime. We plunge into the book hoping it will take us away.
If it’s fiction, we’re hoping it will take us to a new world we never knew before or introduce us to a new character we identify with.
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When I was sixteen my dream was to make it in the Major Leagues. What red-blooded young North American doesn’t dream of making it to MLB or NHL or NBA?
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