

Gratitude Friday 7 11 25 – That First Summer in Recovery
Recently, I was reflecting on my first summer in recovery. I just turned 22 and I had nine months in recovery. I actually got my yellow...
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Gratitude Friday 7 4 25 Independence Day 2025
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable...
Jul 44 min read


Gratitude Friday 6 27 25 The Echoes of Gettysburg
Handshake Across the High Water Mark of the Civil War, Gettysburg PA Recently, I had the opportunity to ride my bike through the...
Jun 274 min read


GF 6 20 25 Juno
It is mid-June. The origins of the name of the month comes from the Latin, “Juno" and is associated with the Roman goddess Juno, who was...
Jun 203 min read


Gratitude Friday - 6 13 2025 – Retreat of Hope and Purpose
“Hope is never the loudest voice-it's the quiet hum beneath despair, the fragile thread we follow when the world seems intent on...
Jun 133 min read


Gratitude Friday 6 6 25 Always Bet on Yourself
This post is titled what a colleague said to me when I was going through a rough patch over a decade ago. The advice came with a...
Jun 64 min read


Gratitude Friday 5 30 25 – The Sound of Liberation
There has been nothing ever in human history like D-DAY , June 6 1944. It remains the largest coordinated event of all time. On that day,...
May 304 min read


Gratitude Friday 5 23 25 Remembering the Last Pour at the BSC Home Plant
I grew up in a steel town, in a steel family. Every single facet of the world I was raised in was influenced by the second largest steel...
May 233 min read


Gratitude Friday 5 16 25 It's a Beautiful Reciprocal Arrangement
The title of this weekly gratitude post is from one of my favorite quotes of all time written by JD Salinger, below. While it may not...
May 163 min read


Gratitude Friday 5 9 25 - Annabelle Dittbrenner - a Force of Nature
When I think back at the people who have shaped my life, some really stand out. There were several people I was not particularly close to...
May 94 min read