Category: Life Lessons

My Florida barber always says, “Good to see ya!” each time I get my hair cut. My reply is always the same, “It’s good to be seen.” I played in a golf tournament last weekend and rekindled friendships with a couple dozen men and women. One man, Dan, said, “It’s good to see ya.” I …

I started dating a new girl in March of 1968.  We met at the White Rose for my fraternity.  Our chapter was being installed as Lambda Chi Alpha’s Lambda Tau.  I had pledged the prior fall, and after almost getting black balled, I was assigned to help guys who didn’t have dates get dates for …

When I was in school, I hated math on the days we had to tackle story problems.  Things like: If four guys go golfing at a course thirty minutes from their home, have an 8:00 a.m. tee time and they each get a hole in one during the round, what time will they get home?   …

I missed one day of school my sophomore year of high school.  I didn’t miss any my junior or senior years.  It wasn’t because I was a great student, dedicated to getting good grades, but I wasn’t sick, so I didn’t pretend to be so.  The day I did miss my sophomore year was because …

The first time I met Dave Pray he was the elementary school principal in Clinton.  He was new at his job but had been a teacher there prior to his promotion.  I was a couple of years into my tenure in Addison. We were at a workshop hosted by the Lenawee County Intermediate School District.  …

What I know for sure about death and dying is limited. I’m positive there’s something else.  I just don’t know what.  If you’ve read my blogs, especially since Ruth’s accident, you know that I believe that she stops in to let me know she’s still with me. There are no big visions or conversations just …

I was about thirteen years old when I first thought about my own mortality.  I had lost two of my grandparents a few years prior, but never considered my own death until around the time of my thirteenth birthday.  I don’t know if the thought of being a teenager triggered my fear, but it was …

When I was an elementary school principal, Madelyn Hunter was one of several educational gurus that I followed.  She had a model for effective teaching that outlined the important parts of a good lesson plan.  I encouraged my staff to use her model.  Some did, some didn’t, but most at least gave a look see …

I met with a second surgeon regarding my left shoulder last week.  He’s a sports medicine expert, specializing in shoulders.  He had a new ex-ray taken when I arrived and reviewed an electronic copy of my cat scan and MRI.   We talked a bit as he pulled on my arms and rattled statistics to his …

When I went off to college in the fall of 1965 I planned to become an attorney. I really didn’t know what an attorney did other than wear a suit to work and use his brain rather than his back to make a living. Most of the men I knew used their back. I had …