I have discovered an incredibly lucrative side hustle. Every summer my wife, Judy, and I spend July and August in Colorado where I fly...

In my boyhood memory, my brother, Johnny, and I grew up in a spacious house. Actually, it wasn't spacious, and it wasn't a house. From...

Recently, our family took a trip to Ennis, Texas for the annual bluebonnet festival. My son, Matthew, drove. Samantha, my...

At one time or another, every boy growing up Catholic wonders if God is calling him to the religious life. I know. I once considered...

I committed my first mortal sin when I was thirteen years old. I remember the time and place of my damning infraction. On a warm Friday...

I have to admit to a guilty pleasure. In this year of COVID, I have become hooked on a reality TV show called Life Below Zero. It's about...

Father John was General George Patton in a black robe and a white collar. He didn't so much walk up and down the aisles of my class in...

When I was a boy growing up on the west side of Cleveland, playing football was a required right of passage.  If you didn't play...

Sometimes reaching a goal has no connection whatsoever to numbers or statistics or records. Sometimes it does not matter in reaching a...

Most couples have an origin story.  A retelling of how they met, how they learned about one another, how they fell in love. If the couple...

Heat-seeking missile.  That's how someone, whom I was trying to hire, once described me. He had gone through a final round of interviews...

I used to be a firm believer in quality time.  When my two sons were pre-adolescent boys, I tried to spend time with them, but it seemed...

Sometimes, you find something that you did not know you were looking for. The discovery combines surprise and relief. Surprise at finding...

The NFL draft starts Thursday. Oh, heart be still!  I have to admit, I'm ready for some football. I've tried to get my fill of football...

In the midst of our self-isolation, I have been watching reruns of most any sport I can find on cable.  I'm desperate. And, in listening...

When I was a boy, my family had traditions around important holidays like Easter. Our traditions started weeks before Easter Sunday with th

On our kitchen counter is a framed quote that Judy and I like to reflect upon: "You are stronger than you think you are. You can do more...