I remember holding a golf club for the very first time. Baseball was my major sport, but I thought I'd give golf a try. And because of my background in baseball, I had inclinations that were all wrong for golf. I wanted to hold the club like a bat, swing the clubs like a bat, even step into my swing like you do when batting. It was only through teaching and practicing that...

As a child of the 80s I love the movie The Karate Kid. And if you’ve seen the movie who can forget, “wax on, wax off” and “paint the fence.” Mr. Miyagi agrees to train Daniel in the art of Karate, but it seems to Daniel that he is just being given menial chores to do. But Daniel does it. He waxes Mr. Miagi’s cars, paints his fence, and...

I love vending machines. I don’t know if I would have made it through high school without them. I remember getting sodas like Surge and Josta (now relics of the past) and of course Mountain Dew to get me through the day....

Not too long ago we were celebrating the 4th and enjoying fireworks and perhaps the parade in Mokena. Great stuff. During the 4th I look at the blessings of our country and some of the ideals we are founded on like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And it seems in this country we are especially striving for the pursuit of happiness, trying to find the formula f...

We all fall down. Here’s 3 famous people who made it big time who first fell. Walt Disney was fired by his newspaper editor who told him he lacked imagination and had no good ideas. ...

I’ll never forget taking my ACT’s. Boy, am I glad that’s over. I have empathy for all our Lincolnway students who may be stressed out over that massive test. For me, my goal in taking the ACT’s was simple - I needed to get a 24 or better. 24 was all that was required for the college I was looking to get into. 24 was it. The good thing is I did g...

I believe that you can’t lick your elbow. Go ahead and try it - sitting in the comfort of your couch at home or cubicle. Maybe wait ‘til no one’s looking. But I would go as far to say there is no one in Frankfort who can lick their elbow. You just can’t....

Driving last week sure was crazy. Cold and snow equal slipping and sliding, at least for my small car. I was driving home on the ramp for I-355 when I saw a car stuck way down off the onramp. I looked at the amount of snow the car was suck in, and the distance from the road, and the steep incline to get back up and I wondered, "How is that car ever going to get unstuck...

I am hoping that somewhere you are basking in the glow of a great Christmas. You look at your family, you look at a break from school or work, you look at the wrapping paper (now in garbage bags outside your house and you say), "You know what, Christmas is good." Whether basking in the glow of great Christmas, or not, I wanted to consider what it is to be favored. Favore...

I grew up in a household of manners. Phrases like "mind your ps and qs" and "be on your best behavior" were heard regularly. And perhaps the refrain drummed over and over is, "remember to say thanks." In our household giving thanks wasn't optional - it was the only response suitable for anything received. Giving thanks was what I had to do. Someone this Thanksgiving might...