One week ago today, U.S. Army Veteran Brandon Jenkins was inadvertently caught in the destructive path of a local criminal. The motorcycle he purchased after his recent deployment in Afghanistan, was driven over and destroyed in a senseless act of road rage. Fortunately Mr. Jenkins was not seriously injured, but another victim who’s car was… Read More
Our next door neighbor Katie was about 5 when we moved in and we watched her grow into a remarkable young lady. Katie’s family has always had good reason to be proud of her, but this week the entire city of Gilbert can be proud as well. Katie has been working with Operation Welcome Home… Read More
A St. Patrick’s Day Thank You Thursday to… who else but Guinness! This is probably not going to be what you’re thinking. Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) of Dublin was a fairly innovative man, once on purpose and again posthumously. Not only did he create the beer (stout actually) that he is renowned for to this day,… Read More
We’ve cited GoodNewsNetwork.org as a source in several of our Thank You Thursday posts in the past. It’s one of our favorite websites and we visit every chance we get. They’ve been around since 1997 and their contention is that “good news itself is not in short supply; the broadcasting of it is“. We firmly… Read More
Drum Roll Please… seriously, our Thank You Thursday goes to… I can’t wait any longer to express my appreciation to the individual responsible for declaring National (whatever) Days. I just have to admire the fact that virtually EVERYTHING has a day of it’s own; ‘Brownies’, ‘Turtles’, ‘Curling’, even ‘Quiet’ for pete’s sake! With unique calendar… Read More
Google contributes far more than just help finding things on the internet. On their site google.org you’ll find that Google provides massive support for a wide variety of altruistic endevors. Today we noticed an article on GoodNewsNetwork. Google is providing 25,000 laptops to help Syrian Refugees assimilate into their new environment. I can’t even imagine… Read More
This past Tuesday was National Pizza Day. Seriously, who was it that saw fit to designate just ONE day to what is arguably the most enlightened culinary development of modern civilization? Do we not owe Pizza more respect than one day? Don’t you agree that a week would be far more appropriate? Since childhood I’ve… Read More
There’s a West Wing quote that I’ve always thought hits the nail right on the head. When asked “why do we go into space… do we really have to go to Mars?” Sam Seaborn replied “Cause it’s next. Cause we came out of the cave, and we looked over the hill and we saw fire;… Read More
Two fundamental traits of our health care professionals, hard work and kindness, often go unnoticed and unrewarded. I deal with Nurses on a regular basis through an amazing program called AZVHV Heroes Home Advantage, and I’ve come to respect the immense burden they accept each time they step into their workplace. I am acutely aware… Read More
We made our home in New Hampshire for 15 years so we know first hand, the down-home goodness of the folks who live there. Tom Arnold of Concord is clearly one of those people. He owns a local burger joint called Arnie’s Place. Just before Christmas, with 100 trees remaining on his lot, the thoughtful… Read More
