1. Wild (and great) story I have to share… Alie, one of our front desk/office superstars, told me about a peacock that wandered onto her parents’ farm. Apparently, it belonged to someone else in the community, had left that property, and ended up on their farm. Well… her mom, JoDee, fell in love with this…
1. Movie I watched… We watched the movie Air, the movie about Nike’s surprising deal that made bringing Michael Jordan onboard possible. It chronicles Sonny Vaccaro’s (played by Matt Damon) relentless and creative pursuit to do something unheard of in the shoe industry. It told a story that I had known about, but never really…
1. Significant event that happened this week… My son, Kyle, graduated last night from Aurora High School. He is the last of our six kids, so it is pretty significant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude (not bad for a kid who doesn’t care much for school). It’s been quite a past two weeks, with awards…
1. Happy Mother’s Day… Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there! A few history tidbits… President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, signed a bill designating the second Sunday in May as a legal holiday to be called “Mother’s Day,” which was dedicated “to the best mother in the world, your mother.” Anna Jarvis, the founder of…
1. Great gift I got… I had a birthday a couple of weeks ago and got some pretty cool gifts. Here is one of the coolest… The Thinker statue. We had one in our house growing up, and there is something about it that resonates with me. As humans, we tend to act without thinking…
1. Cool art I saw this week… I saw a glass and bronze sculpture this week on the wall at University Hospital’s Ahuja facility. It is called Trust, and it is of two trapeze artists, one about to catch the other. I took a deeper dive into the artist, David Bennett. You can see a…
1. Lyrics I love… During my senior year at Walsh Jesuit High School, one of our teachers had us lie down in the chapel, close our eyes, and listen closely to the lyrics of Rod Stewart’s Forever Young. (Thanks, Mr. G!) The lyrics are great, and after listening to them this morning, Lana and I…
1. Something I’m super excited about… Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are devices that stick to the back of your arm and measure your glucose (sugar) levels throughout the day. The data is sent to your phone. You can see how your body responds to different foods, so you know which foods cause more of a…
1. Something I thought about a lot this week… The single most powerful factor in healing faster, achieving success, and living optimally is ATTITUDE. I was reminded of this last weekend (Thank you, Sharon M.!) and noticed it A LOT this week. We can’t control what happens to us… but we can control how we…
1. Coolest thing I saw this week… My brother sent me a link to Twitter about Sergio Romo, the now-retired major league pitcher. The post (by Alex Pavlovic), which you can see the screenshot below, says… “Every time a kid asked Sergio Romo for an autograph in spring training, he asked them to sign his…