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The memory of this day remains embedded deep in my brain. It was the summer of 1969, I was engaged to Carol Sorensen, and we decided to go rabbit hunting with my good friend Bill, my sister Connie, and her date (I lined her up). I was wearing an old felt hillbilly hat that I…

Several years ago, Anne and I were in Rockledge, Florida, visiting one of our sons and his family. One afternoon we went to a local park where we launched rockets, ate a picnic lunch, played soccer, and threw a football around. As I sat on a bench, watching the kids play, and meditating, I looked…

I am embarrassed about my role in this story but share it as part of our learning to fail forward together journey.   Did you read that first line twice?   I hope so and thank you.   I believe it’s important to share stories like the one that follows, especially with our families so…

Did you have a favorite teacher? Miss Mills, my fourth-grade teacher, was mine. It was her first-year teaching, and she had plenty of challenges with our class (though probably not that much different from other first-year teachers). Of course, the fact that she was young, attractive, and athletic didn’t hurt her chances of success (at…