II recently began a new venture. I am now a board member of the Rutherford County Sports Hall of Fame (RCSHOF). In short, that’s a local body in my hometown that selects the best athletes across a wide variety of sports to be honored for their accomplishments. Recently, I got to help choose the newest class of inductees and it was harder than I thought it would be. What made it so difficult was that each nominee had wonderful credentials and merit that made them worthy of co

Life lessons can come out of nowhere and from a variety of sources. Recently, Valentine’s Day and a Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Cota taught me a lesson I won’t soon forget. Valentine’s Day, more than any other holiday, produces a wide range of emotions for people. If you have a significant other, it’s a time to shower them with gifts or other forms of affection. For those of us who don’t, it is a day anticipated with dread and we want it to be over as soon as possible. A

It may come as a surprise since I am a writer that I don’t like to write Christmas cards. Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of sending festive cards, but most of them look back at what has happened in the past year. I would rather look forward to the future and what is to come. So why not try a New Year’s Day Card? They can come in all shapes and sizes, but the main feature will outline the sender’s plans for the new year. I wish I could send each and everyone of you a card

Happy 80th Birthday NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month). What began as “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week” in 1945 has expanded to the entire month of October with the mission of “Celebrating the value and talent that workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy.” A lot has changed for the better for those of us with disabilities in 80 years. Think about it. In 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt was President and he did his best