It seemed like the closer Christmas came this year, the more tenuous it became. I was beginning to think all was well, and then the Omicron variant pounced on us. More than 3,000 Christmas Eve flights were canceled globally. In New York City, the Rockettes canceled their Christmas Spectacular. “Hamilton” and “Aladdin” on Broadway paused …
My son, David, was telling me of that moment last week when the nurse handed his newborn baby girl, Stella, to him. His wife, Kayla, had been in labor for hours. I don’t pretend to know what she had been through, but I do know something of the feelings—pride, humility, awe, wonder, and relief— that …
If you’re like me, your mind tends to drift towards the negative, the worst-case scenarios, that vague sense you have on a sun-shiny day that it’s going to storm. It’s not the place you need to be because it blinds you from seeing the good within the bad. Like the other day, I went for …
It’s safe to say that neither Lincoln Riley (formerly Head Coach at Oklahoma University) nor Brian Kelly (formerly Head Coach at Notre Dame) will be invited back for anything like “Honor Our Coaches Day.” Both left their positions in less than honorable fashion last week. They coached in programs that are the envy of many …
Being on the wrong side of thankful can be dangerous: it can fill your cup to the brim with negativity and smudge your lenses for seeing Life. Everything appears worse on the wrong side of thankfulness because it is, for you are living under the circumstances: appearance does become your reality. Your days grow into …