A little over a year ago, I wrote this post about LeBron James and the extraordinary humility he demonstrated in his MVP acceptance speech. My, my, how things have changed. I don’t think anyone would debate that agreeing to participate in a one hour special to announce his next team was not a good move by LeBron [...]
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LeBron, a year later
July 11, 2010Why we celebrate
July 4, 2010It’s Independence Day. Did you remember? July 4th is more than picnics and fireworks. Today is the 234th anniversary of when the Continental Congress of the thirteen united States of America unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence from the monarchy of Great Britain. Here is the text (minus the specific list of grievances); a reminder of what [...]
When I think of freedom…
July 3, 2010…I think of my son, who fought to protect our freedoms in search of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, the rights of the people in Iraq to self-determine their form of government, and then the rights of the Afghan people to hold free and fair elections in their country. …I think of the still-smoldering rubble of the [...]
John Wooden, in love and on love
June 5, 2010So much is being written and broadcast about John Wooden today; an outpouring of love and admiration for the greatest coach who ever lived. His famous Pyramid of Success is the foundation of great leadership. His “Woodenisms” are being quoted with reverence. His life and death affected the famous and the ordinary; in sports, academia, business and everyday [...]
Love the earth? Save the earth!
April 22, 2010Today is the 40th anniversary Earth Day. Why should we care? Sunrises. Beaches. Outdoor play. Nesting animals. Forests. Clean water. Oxygen. Life. The choice is ours. Gray skies. Plastics. Pollution. Noise. Illness. Dirty water. Vanishing species. Death. Each of us alone cannot preserve our planet. However, if every one of us commits to doing what we can, [...]
“Sucks” – questionable, taboo, or OK?
April 13, 2010Profanity is the common crutch of the conversational cripple. -David Keuck I don’t recall who said it, but I remember reading not too long ago that someone who uses profanity is really demonstrating an ignorance of the English language. There are many alternate ways to express the emotion, anger, frustration, surprise, or shock that is [...]
Be Bulldogs!
April 8, 2010What a game Monday night! With a 9:21 tip-off time, I had no intention of staying up to watch the whole game, but I simply couldn’t pull myself away. Much has already been written about the teams, the players, the coaches, and the game’s place in the history of the NCAA tournament. However, I want to [...]
Boys & Books
April 6, 2010The March 27 NY Times Op-Ed page carried an article that somewhat surprised me. For many years, we’ve heard about girls lagging behind boys in science and math. However, did you know that boys are now lagging behind girls in reading? I was a lucky Mom for many reasons, but one of them is that both [...]
Foolish?
April 1, 2010While looking up the history of April Fool’s Day, I came across the following list of special observances also held on this day. Beyond the religious observance of Holy Thursday, some of these make we wonder if we are all fools – or, at least foolish!! Also celebrated on April 1 are: Boomer Bonus Day International [...]
Help Soldiers Read to Their Children
March 24, 2010I am an unabashed book-lover. This photo is my leadership library; nearly 300 volumes strong. My enjoyment of reading is not a recent phenomonon, though. Even as a child, I was a voracious reader. When we found out I was pregnant with our first child back in 1979, my husband and I started buying “Little Golden [...]
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