Meandering Musings
Filled with gratitude and exhaustion as we near the finish line of the school year. The administration would like to announce that despite a recent decline in dirty clothes making it into a laundry basket and clean clothes not making it into drawers, the students have earned enough credits to be promoted. While the Real …. Read More
Opening Day and So Much More…
The Donadoni Academy is bursting with optimism and energy as we head into the Easter season. I can tell. The signs are plainly pointing in the direction of onwards and upwards. The principal senses the excitement when the students and even the animals all seem to be talking at the same time and heading happily …. Read More
Have Faith and Not a Bloody Nose
Do you know what faith really is? It is standing in your backyard as a baseball heads towards you without you actually seeing it. You know that your daughter’s strength is growing faster than your ability to track a baseball at dusk. You know that the ball has left her hand, but you can no …. Read More
Swing for the Fences
You win some. You lose some. The game of life never really changes. Each peak leads to another valley. Even the most exhilarating or devastating ocean wave of emotion, will wash away. What remains is the key. So as the Yankees fortunes swing from poor to powerful you maintain your balance. Your ability to withstand …. Read More
Yankee Fan in Red Sox Land
Today I am grateful that the Yankees are looking down at the Red Sox in the standings. When the universe is properly aligned, the stars are where they are supposed to be both in the sky and in the Yankees’ dugout(Cole, Judge, Stanton, Sanchez…) I can happily supervise my daughter making French Toast for breakfast …. Read More
Here and Now
WIN. What is Important Now! Cute expression. But focusing on what needs to be done in the moment will push the past into the fading distance of the rear view mirror. And ignoring the looming hazards on the horizon ahead will lead me to enjoy the moment of now. Even if it means I have …. Read More