The NHL Draft was held yesterday at the Prudential Center in Newark. I was working at the event, but as Devils season-ticket holders, we were able to get tickets so the rest of the family could attend. Why go to the NHL Draft, you might be wondering? And you would have a legitimate question. Sports […]
Read more "Among His People"Last night was just the second since June 9 that my entire family spent under one roof. I was off chasing the Stanley Cup between Boston and Chicago and when I returned, Veronica had taken the kids to visit her sister for a couple of days. It was a long time apart, but we had […]
Read more "It Takes a Village"I hear the sound before my eyes discover its source. It is the low hum of a child, steady and unwavering. It is not troubled or pained, just persistent. I recognize it immediately, because I know it intimately. It was the soundtrack of Ryan’s youth. I search the airport gate for its source. Despite the lack […]
Read more "Does She Know?"“Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser,” said Vince Lombardi, famously. We don’t necessarily subscribe to that philosophy in our household, but both Veronica and I believe it is important to teach our kids to win and lose. We never believed in playing games until everyone won. We preferred to allow […]
Read more "Lessons in Losing"foreshadowing fore·shad·ow [fawr-shad-oh, fohr-] verb (used with object) – to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war. I was looking through old photos recently, when I stumbled across two that caused me to stop and think about the funny ways the universe works. They immediately brought to mind two other, more much recent […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 