August 2022

Waterskiing is kind of a family thing for us. To be clear, it is a family thing that comes from Tom’s family. His dad was a fanatic about waterskiing when he was a young father. Tom and his siblings learned to ski as children. I got a chance to try when I was 17. Let me tell you, Tom’s dad was very patient as I fell about 15 times but wouldn’t give up. Finally that day, I did get up on those skis. My two ski days lasted for many years until my legs just quit boosting me out of the water.

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he had been asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a fouryear-old child whosenext-door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.