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One of my privileges in my former position as a Human Resources Professional was to be able to help shape the culture of our company.  I worked closely with senior leadership to provide our employees a work environment that was filled with opportunity and contentment. We not only strove to have our employees experience a […]

In my last blog I told you about my son and his gifts on the tennis court. He and I were able to learn that with a good serve on his part, or a good hook on my part, it was possible for others to see our good game or content. If this doesn’t make

All three of my kids chose to play sports when they were young and my two older boys did well playing baseball and tennis. Many weekdays, weeknights and weekends were spent on the fields and the courts as we watched our children practice, play, learn valuable lessons and enjoy being kids. Now that all my

As I look back on my life, one of the most momentous occasions to me was when I learned to drive. I remember thinking that once I learned to drive and get my own car, I would have absolute freedom. I thought I would be able to accomplish anything I wanted because I had a

I am writing this blog post over the holiday season. With that in mind, I’m about to give you a gift… it will be a very short blog post and easy to read. 😊 I’m a big fan of celebrations! I love to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries and holidays and even some of those days

I had to pay my own way for college. So, during my entire college career I worked three jobs. I also had a very active social life in my fraternity, as I mentioned in a previous blog post. In addition, I was involved in several campus intramural sports activities, I carried a full load of

I remember from a very young age dreaming about what I wanted to do when I would grow up. I was just a little guy when I remember seeing firemen and policemen and thought that would be so cool. After all, you get to catch the bad guys and save the good guys. Then one

I don’t know if your home is anything like our home at this time of the year, but there is a lot of activity! There’s a lot of hustle and bustle and movement and rushing and well, just busyness. You see, it’s the holiday season in our home. Now, I know not everybody celebrates during

When I was young, like most other kids, I loved to play and mostly play outside. After school when I convinced my mom that I was done with my homework, I would meet my friends or my brothers outside and we would start playing. During the weekends and the summer, we were sometimes gone all

It was a little over four years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday! It was such an important day and what made it even more special is I didn’t even know it was going to happen. My second oldest son invited my wife and I over to his home to see his