by Morning Reflections | Oct 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereJackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947.It is difficult to comprehend the sheer hatred he had to face from many fans across the country, even in New York City,...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereHe spent 20 years of his life screaming his head off.As a drill sergeant, he was (in his own words) “the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereAmerica lost one of its most gifted writers in 2016 when 70-year-old Pat Conroy died of pancreatic cancer.Conroy’s fiction (The Prince of Tides, The Water is Wide, The Great Santini) was primarily...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereA few years ago John Gilbert died at the age of 25 at his home in Paradise, California. When he was five years old, John was diagnosed with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy. That meant that...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereAs J.K. Rowling was putting the finishing touches on her seven-part Harry Potter series, she received a lot of advice.Parents, teachers, psychologists, and fans of all ages around the globe made one...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here“In due time.”That was one of my dad’s favorite Dad-isms. I have vivid memories of my brothers and I approaching our father after dinner. He would be reading the newspaper, since Dad read every single...
