April 15, 2021
One of my tennis students asked last week if we’d seen the movie My Octopus Teacher on Netflix. We watched it tonight and a very young cowboy found himself whispering the word ‘incredible’ repeatedly. Do yourself a favor and watch this terrific film. The photography is stunning and the story is absolutely enthralling.
March 22, 2021
Sometimes you just need to talk to a three year old to understand life again. Author unknown
March 21, 2021
A very young couple went to Big 5 Sporting Goods today to renew my fishing license. AJ thought I was pretty fortunate that my fee was only $10.00 as he printed out the license. ‘Shoot, my license cost $74.00. I’m from Texas’, he said. ‘I got a small game license to go with my fishing […]
March 14, 2021
‘When we have hope, we discover powers within ourselves we may have never known- the power to make sacrifices, to endure, to heal, and to love. Once we choose hope, everything is possible.’ Christopher Reeve
March 8, 2021
‘Standing on the promises of Christ my King, Through eternal ages let His praises ring, Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, Standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing, Standing on the promises of God, my Savior; Standing, standing, I’m standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises that cannot […]
March 3, 2021
First off…I’m glad that Madison Keys is able to compete again after this difficult year. Kudos to her for a nice two set win over Belinda Bencic this week. But…watching her self destruct today vs. Sakkari was tough to watch. One wonders if she has a coach and if she does can the coach not […]
February 25, 2021
“No matter how awful your life seems right now, you have something to be grateful for: You have been granted 2 billion seconds on this planet, give or take. You are a billionaire!” Megan McArdle Maybe your dog can teach valuable lessons about gratefulness.
February 21, 2021
A very young tennis pro taught a junior group today with three four year olds. The twins arrived five minutes early with their dad as I was setting up targets and the junior net. This is when I learned that assumptions are dangerous. How naive of me to think the dad would wait until the […]
February 18, 2021
A very young cowboy is midway through a book about the 33 miners in Chile who were trapped for nearly ten weeks before being miraculously rescued. One miner spoke of ‘the 34th. miner, my little compadre.’ ‘The thirty-fourth miner is the soul of every miner who’s ever toiled, the spirit of the God who protects […]
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