Today I had the pleasure of being a part of a ribbon cutting of the newest Boy’s and Girl’s Club in Menasha. On of the biggest advocates int eh area was John Bergstrom. John is such a huge philanthropist in the area and worked tirelessly to see this new club be a reality. In his speak, he broke down and cried. I thought that was so cool that someone like that could show his emotion for the situation. Never be afraid to show emotion!
Tag: pride
TommyLog – Hard Work Pays Off
I am just so proud of Madeline. This week, her hard work paid off and she is off to bigger and better things. I just could not be happier for her and her new endeavor. When you work hard, it will pay off! To the moon Madeline!
TommyLog – Coming in Last
I attended Tommy’s cross country track meet last Thursday. Something was just not right. He was in dead last place for the entire race. He wasn’t feeling well, but yet he completed the race. What an inspiration to me and all the kids on his team. Giving it to the end regardless of how he felt. Sure he came in last place, but he finished 1st place in my book.
GREAT JOB Tommy!!
Do Your Personal Best!
Watching your kids perform is just such a blessing. Having your kids teach you a life lesson, even better. This weekend I had the opportunity to watch Tommy run in a track meet at Little Chute High School. I was just stunned by the turnout…hundreds of kids at the meet. Waiting for Tommy’s race was hard, as I don’t “wait” well. The time for his race was upon us, I was taking pix as fast as I could. I didn’t even want to take a set in the grandstand for fear I would miss the action, so here I was right up against the chain link fence near the starters blocks.
The gun went off and there they went. Tommy was one of 9 runners in the 800-meter race. I could see early that he wasn’t the fastest. I could see he wasn’t the slowest either. After the race, I could see he was excited. He ran other to me and told me that his time of 3:01 was his personal best… and he was so ecstatic.
Tommy loves to run and any chance he gets he is out running, but I learned an important lesson that day. It’s not about winning or losing against the crowd, it’s about beating your personal best and he did that on Saturday. And for that I could not be prouder!