If you are reading this blog then you are already part of a club, even if you think like me that you would not join a club that would have me as a member. There are many types of clubs one could join or just be considered part of. No, I am not talking about night clubs, swim clubs, shopping clubs, etc. But, consider: Family is certainly a type of club for some peopleThere are community clubs, such as Lions Club, the

Who likes saying good-bye? No one does really, but it can also be the greatest gift. My mom passed away two days after her 62nd birthday and that was over 18 years ago. Of course I miss her and think of her often as I try to keep her memory alive for me and my family. In January 1999 our family gathered to celebrate a birthday for mom and a Mother's Day she would no longer be here with us to

Yes, it is that time of year again. Something we look forward to during the short days of winter. It is precisely the anticipation of spring that awakens the soul and gives us the realization that we made it through another winter to enjoy the fruits of spring and summer. But it’s more than that. The anticipation of Passover begins as we read the Torah portions that truly demonstrate the anticipation Jews enjoyed as they prepared the

Yes, we certainly all do have opinions about nearly everything, don’t we? We may or may not express it, but what we say and do, the choices we make, and our reactions to others are all expressions of our opinion. But what is an “opinion?” Miriam Webster says, “1. a view, judgement, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter or, 2. Belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge.” Of course, there are also legal definitions

Let’s go back in time to consider what it must have been like for people to be so motivated that thoughtful, successful, and diverse minds could be willing to risk everything for a better future. They must have confounded the pundits, politicians, and the people of their day to the point where they were not given much of a chance. I speak of our forefathers who had vision and forethought, and spoke for “WE the people…” (of then and

I will be 60 this year and consider myself among the fortunate ones to get to enter the “third trimester” that life has to offer. Since I married my wife, Gail, at 21, and started a family in my 20's, I felt that at 30 I was completing a "third" of something then, and life was taking a turn in many new directions. Raising children and building a family was most certainly the priority in those years, for 30 marked the

There are only two people in my life that I met 38 years ago (not including family) – one of them is my wife, the other welcomed me to the life I chose at the age of 21. If we pay attention to people around us, we should be able to recognize those who bring meaning, real meaning, to your life. When you are as lucky as I was to have found my beshert in 1979, the people I