SPEAK THE TRUTH, EVEN IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
Just six weeks have passed since the New York Yankees extended their baseball dynasty with a 27th World Series championship by dethroning our own Phillies in six games.With the change from fall to winter have also come changes to the Fightin' Phils roster.In the last few weeks, and as the Christmas holiday fast approaches, general … Continue reading Happy Halladay
Oh Christmas tree
Within this same week we saw perfect examples in the tales of two Philadelphia pro sports organizations, one a winner and one a loser.First, the big 'L' gets hung on the forehead of the Philadelphia 76ers organization for signing one of its all-time loser players in Allen Iverson. I covered that topic already earlier in … Continue reading The Philadelphia Eagles are winners
During the course of our lives most of us are going to have any number of labels placed upon us by others. Some we will wear with pride: hard worker, strong willed, high energy. Others will cause us to reevaluate ourselves: lacks effort, undisciplined, tardy.Recently, someone hung on me the moniker of being a "good … Continue reading A Good Catholic boy
USS Russell at Pearl Harbor, Christmas 2007For many of us there will be much to celebrate this Christmas. Family, friends, parties, dinners. Gifts, food, drink, music. Trees, Santa Clause, Rudolph, Frosty. And of course, the celebration of the birth of the Christ child. For many of us this will be a very happy time of … Continue reading Our last Christmas together
MATT VEASEY 