Evidently, it’s still winter. The weather has been cooler with a steady diet of rain showers. The hillsides and fields that were parched and burned yellow from the constant summer sun are now a healthy green. Worries about droughts and water conservation have been replaced by talk of the wettest…

A year ago, I was living in New England and would take daily hikes through the woods near my home. Today, I live on an island in the Pacific Ocean and walk to the beach every day. A year ago, I was a business owner and now I volunteer my…

In 2011, I was coaching youth soccer. Having started coaching in 1992, this would be my last season. This girl’s team, which included my daughter, was made up of middle schoolers. In a few months, they would be moving onto high school and aging out of the town’s travel soccer…

A half-year has now passed since we established our new home near the south shore of Maui. We’re currently experiencing our first ‘winter’ as the summertime temps of the low 90s have dipped into the high 70s. The lowlands and the mountainsides have turned a deep green from occasional rain…

I grew up as a fan of Baltimore sports teams. In the 1962, during a family day at the beach, my grandfather plopped an Orioles hat on my head and my fandom began. I went to my first Orioles game in 1966 when they played the now-defunct Washington Senators. The…

Our adventure has shifted from adapting to the island to experiencing day-to-day life on Maui. In just the past couple weeks, a vacationing snorkeler went missing after a shark encounter, a volcano erupted nearby and we had our first Hawaiian Thanksgiving. In the case of the missing…

Written: 2015 Carly Spellman is a unique athlete and teammate. Based on my 25 years of coaching experience, I say this with every confidence. This isn’t because Carly is 6’2” and genetically blessed with muscles on top of muscles. She isn’t. Carly has always been a bit smaller than her…

Written: 2016 I began working in the financial services industry in 1981 and eventually walked through the doors of MassMutual in 2008. From a personal standpoint, it has been a tumultuous 8 years. During that time, I’ve had two bouts with cancer, both my parents passed away, I survived a…

Written: 2015 Time is incredibly precious. We don’t think that when we’re on the cusp of turning 18 but it’s truly the case. These past 18 years have sped by. In just 10 short years, you’ll be on the verge of turning 30. By that time, you may already have…