Grab your children tonight, no matter what they are doing, and tell them they are the most amazing gift you have ever been given. Tell them that they have done enough to make you complete. Just by showing up on this planet, they have made you the luckiest parent on earth. Tell them how thankful you are to be with them.
Read MoreMake your "Legacy" one of patience, fun, and letting the kids figure out what "they" love to do the most. It will happen, trust me, you don't know what the future holds. It will get here soon enough. What you can do is let them play and have fun AND you can teach them the life skills they will need to be successful in whatever they ultimately do.
Read MoreIf you are a coach, or a parent, or a teacher, or care-taker or whatever, just remember that YOU will be a “difference maker” to someone, some day. For somebody, it will come down to YOU and whether or not you take the time to make someone’s world a better place, that will be YOUR legacy.
Read MoreOccasionally, we all have something that holds us back. What’s holding you back?
Sometimes you have to get rid of what you like to get what you love. For me it was the donuts. Didn’t just go cold turkey, but slowly started to break the bad habit, got in shape and the next year things went much better.
Read MoreIn a blink of an eye, I am a grandfather of 13. When did that happen? It is one thing to say “time flies” but it’s another to say, “Where did it go?”
Mom was right as always ::)) There is a statistic that states, by the time your child is 12 you will have spent nearly 80% of the time you will ever spend together. Cherish every moment….while you can.
Read MoreYou are not alone. As a parent and coach of a kids sports team. You will certainly feel like it a lot of the time. The stress and lack of appreciation can get to the best of us. The heat of the game and the summer’s day. The pounding of everything. No shade, no relief in sight. Life just gets impossible at times. The intensity of it all can override even the best effort and intentions.
Read MoreHaving four children with spouses and 12 grandchildren (#13 coming this month!), I want to help you “navigate” several issues that you may encounter. I surely don’t have all the answers, but hopefully some helpful thoughts. We have had many blessings and encountered “turbulence” at times.
Read MoreThe Keepers of the Sandlot closes with a chapter called, “The Ride Home.” A friend of mine, Mark Martinez, called me recently and said “I finally get it…on the ride home with one of my sons last week, I get what you mean by ‘every message you send is received.’” Most parents eventually get what Mark is saying, but I don’t want you to understand before it’s too late.
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