On September 21, 2026, I sat on a panel discussion moderated by Ginny O’Leary who is the chair of the Berkshire County Alzheimer’s walk and helped bring the Memory Cafe to our county. I first met her along with Jami Rivera-Diaz Fundraising Manager Alzheimer’s Association, Massachusetts and New Hampshire Chapter back in June of 2026. It was a great meeting because IContinue reading “Dignity: Aging with Dignity and Grace”
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Dignity: A Song for Mama
On September 7 we will be celebrating the eighty-third birthday of Phyllis Redd King. It will be the third year without her here with us. They say it gets easier with time, and I guess that maybe true, but it is still hard to think that on Monday we won’t be able to pick upContinue reading “Dignity: A Song for Mama”
Dignity: Experience a Life of Hope, Success, and Dignity
On August 31, 2026, I have the honor along with other male community leaders in Berkshire County to greet the students on their first day of school at one of the Pittsfield, MA elementary schools. This is a great honor for me because it is the opportunity to let the young students know in Berkshire CountyContinue reading “Dignity: Experience a Life of Hope, Success, and Dignity”
Dignity: What Will Your Legacy Be.
This week is the British Open. If you are not a golfer, it is one of the four major goal tournaments that is played each year in July. Two of the top contenders for the open were asked if they needed to win this tournament to solidify their golf legacy. Both golfers said why would I care; I will be dead (to paraphrase). This gotContinue reading “Dignity: What Will Your Legacy Be.”
Dignity: What is Success?
The thing that was so amazing about my mother is that she always taught us to believe that we could be successful if we truly wanted to be. She didn’t measure success by how much money we would have but success in the kind of men we could be. I didn’t really understand that as a young child. We didn’t have much and I sawContinue reading “Dignity: What is Success?”
Dignity: Happy Father’s Day: Open Letter to my Children
The running joke in my house is that the unofficial name for Father’s Day is National Socks, Ties, and Underwear Day, because that is what we get for fathers. You know it is true. Go into any Walmart or Target on the Saturday before Father’s Day and the long line of mothers and children with their carts fullContinue reading “Dignity: Happy Father’s Day: Open Letter to my Children”
Dignity: My Journal of My Journey
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.” Nelson Mandela IContinue reading “Dignity: My Journal of My Journey “
Dignity: Loss
Tomorrow is June 6 and I want to take this moment to remember those who lost their lives during D-Day June 6, 1944, the turning point of WWII. One of the toughest challenges in life is when we lose someone close to us. When they die it is like a part of you dies withContinue reading “Dignity: Loss”
Dignity: Through Words and Actions
Things have changed so much from when I was a child growing up in the late sixties into the seventies. Bullying meant something different back then. The bigger kids would take the smaller kids for lunch money or make fun of someone in class because they were short, tall, or overweight. I remember when IContinue reading “Dignity: Through Words and Actions”
Dignity: Happy Birthday to Me
Tomorrow (May 2) I will celebrate sixty-two years on this earth. When my birthday falls on a Saturday it has special meaning because I was born on a Saturday back in 1964. When I tell people how old I am, I usually get two responses. The first is “Really, I thought you were in your forties.” or “You’reContinue reading “Dignity: Happy Birthday to Me “
