Shortly after lunch today, a little girl was shyly knocking at our front door. When I checked to see what she wanted, she handed me a blue booklet. Her voice was so low that I didn’t exactly hear what she was saying. When I looked at the booklet, I realized she was trying to get […]
Caine’s Arcade: An Inspiring True Story
I was scouring the internet for news when I stumbled upon this inspiring and heartwarming story of a nine-year-old boy who built his own arcade using cardboard boxes. The film was directed by Nirvan Mullick, an L.A. filmmaker, who chanced upon Caine’s Arcade when he went on to purchase a car handle from Caine’s father’s […]
Father Al and the Sisters of Mary
Not so long ago, there was this 12-year old kid, fresh from grade school and traveling far from home for the first time. The experience was scary but something she agreed to take on because her own mother assured her it was the right thing to do. As far as her young mind was concerned, […]
A Father’s Love
My tear ducts are probably impaired. At 4:50 in the morning today, I found myself watching a video shared on Facebook and crying a river. It was the video of a father and son in the Ironman together. Ironman, as it turned out, is a series of long-distance races consisting of a 3.86-kilometer swim, 120.8-kilometer […]
A Salute To Teachers
One Saturday afternoon, I found all three of my children huddled in a corner. They were playing school, and my daughter was the teacher. When she was three, I asked her what she would want to become when she grew up. She said she wanted to become a teacher. “A good teacher is like a […]
10 Famous Steve Jobs Quotes
Aside from his business savvy, technical insight, wardrobe that included a black, long-sleeved mock turtleneck by St. Croix, Levi’s 501 blue jeans and New Balance 991 sneakers, the great Steve Jobs, former Apple CEO who passed away on October 5, 2011, is also famous for his quotes. Here are some of them: 1. My model […]
Paul Navone: Millworker Turned Millionaire
If you’re an ordinary employee receiving just the minimum wage for your services, you probably think hell would freeze over before you become rich, especially in this difficult economy we’re in. For once, you must have dreamt of: hitting it big someday through the lottery or a television game show ending up married to a […]