Today, my boss called me and brought me to the matt regarding one of my subordinates. I am grateful that I stood up for my subordinate and for me; that my understanding was different than what my boss thought. It was a learning moment for me, but my boss understood what I was saying as…

Today, at the high school where I work, we had a Mass celebrating St. Joseph. We invited the parents of our students, the Sister’s of St. Joseph and alums to join us and then stay to have lunch with us. Most of the alums that came were from the class of 1966, they are Jewel…

At the end of February I attended the White Coat Ceremony at my sons medical school. He received his white doctors coat and took the oath to be a humane doctor, treating his peers, patience and others with respect and humanity. I was glad that I made the trip, to watch him begin a new…

In this age of information and misformation anything that you would want to do or know, the answer is out there for you. I am grateful that as I work towards the next chapter in my life, there is plenty of information and opportunity for me to participate and make the transition.

Today I am more than grateful for my brother. He helps me stay on task, gives me support and advice, everything that an older brother should do. I love him and appreciate him; it may have taken Fifty something years, but yep, I love my older brother. I am especially grateful at how forgiving he…

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….