Several people at work are having to deal with parental health issues as well as death. It is not easy and it reminds me of when my father and then my mother in-law were ill and then passed away. I repeat, it is not easy and I still miss them both. It is good to…

This past weekend was spent out in Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs, it was a great weekend. I was with a group of friends who are more like family. It was a wonderful weekend, eating great food, drinking water and water with hops and barley, smoking a stoogie and engaging in fun conversations….

But does it really? I have so many great memories from my life, so far…creating wonderful new ones everyday. I am grateful that I have so many friends from my childhood, that I have three wonderful children that I am very proud of. It may seem like a long time, that I don’t get to…

I have so much to be grateful for. I was thinking this morning or maybe it was yesterday, how blessed am I that get to witness the beauty of our lord every day. I am truly grateful that I live in a beautiful world. That I am free to move about as I wish and…

In our leadership meeting this morning at work, we had to share what our word for the year is and why that is our word. Again, I shared that my word is Faith. The reason that this is my word is that over the Christmas break there were a lot of messages, sublimily, telling me…

Today marks a new chapter in the life of my youngest son. He has landed at a medical school that is closer to South America than it is to North America. I am very proud of him and I support all of the decisions that he has made, so far in his life. I am…

This week we are in our Retreat Week mode on the school campus. It begins with faculty and staff meeting on Monday and then the different student classes have their retreats throughout the week. This year the facilitator for the faculty and staff retreat was a gentleman named Michael, from the University of San Diego….

There is only one more day left in the year 2025. I can’t say that it was a bad year, it was a good year; but then it is what you make of it. It was a busy year that I feel went by quickly. Busy is good and there are opportunities that come and…

This week my beautiful partner and I are vacationing. I did work a half day, but now, the rest of the week is being spent doing a whole lot of relaxing. It is a much needed rest and a week that I have been looking forward to. Resting and relaxing in a beautiful desert location,…

If someone had told me, when I was younger, that I could make a living working on yachts and ships I may have changed my career plans. I would have been moving boats all over the world for people. I may even have been selling them. There is still time to do this in my…

This past week was spent in Arizona, where the golf course is still flooded. Desert rains brings out the desert flowers and it is just beautiful. I am grateful that I was able to relax, get some work done and spend my Thanksgiving with friends and a person who is very special to me. She…