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TommyLog – Be More Like Mr Whitney
Hey Kids it’s dad, and for today’s TommyLog I want to talk to you about a influential teacher in my life. Mr. Richard Whitney was my music teacher while I was at Barker Road Junior High school. From grade 7 through nine I took music class chorus and was actually a member of the AV club where he was the advisor.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-like-mr-whitney/
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TommyLog – How Do You Want To be Remembered
Hey Kids it’s dad, and for today’s Tommy log I want to talk to you about an experience I had last week. Last week a friend of the family lost his son. His son was struggling with some health issues in recent years. He was only 53 years old.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-want-remembered/
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TommyLog – A Beautiful Guy Who Showed Everyone Respect
Hey Kids it’s dad and for today’s TommyLog want to tell you about a wonderful message I received yesterday from a high school friend. This message came to me before I woke up and was right there as I checked my morning email. I just hit the moon when I read these words.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-a-beautiful-guy-who-showed-everyone-respect/
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TommyLog – Reverence for the Fallen
Having respect and a reverence for those who have put themselves before others is so important. A Facebook posting this week really hit home for me. The post was about how she had a body of a fallen solder on her plane and how the the body was deplaned before any of the passengers. That really hit me hard as a humbling experience.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-reverence-for-the-fallen/
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TommyLog – 100 People in Line
Went to pay respects to a long time co-worker who passed away unexpectedly last weekend. When I arrived at the funeral home, there were over 80+ people in line and when I left the line was darn near out the door! What an amazing tribute to a great father, super husband and just all around nice guy! Working with someone for 14 years, you draw close.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-100-people-in-line/
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TommyLog – Hurting for the People in Colorado
How can the actions of one person hurt so many? I’m referring to the shooting in Aurora, Co. at the midnight showing of the new Batman movie. So many bad choices, so much pain. My heart goes out to those families and the pain they are dealing with.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-hurting-for-the-people-in-colorado/
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TommyLog – How the past still goes deep
This week I reconnected with a family from my childhood past. Their name is the Horsley family and I just love them. They have a son Scott who I was rather close to and he was killed in a terrible car crash in 1983. Reconnecting to them really brought back his memory. Just amazing how much I remember of that event and how hard it still hits deep.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-how-the-past-still-goes-deep/
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TommyLog – Clifford Family Military Hero’s
Everyone observes Memorial Day in a different fashion. The Clifford family had a church pancake breakfast and then took it easy. All the while I was thinking about the sacrifice of my Father who served in the NY Air National Guard and my Brother Mark who is currently serving as a doctor in the Army stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-clifford-family-military-heros/
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TommyLog – Moms Just Rock
When I watched replays of the winning putt at the Masters this past weekend, I could not help but notice the first person to congratulate Bubba Watson on his victory was his mother. She came running to his side and offered him a HUGE hug. He broken down in tears and they just melted there for a moment.
https://tommylog.com/page/72/
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TommyLog – The Things We Take for Granted – RIP Steve Jobs
This past week we lost one of the greatest and most brilliant minds in my time and possibly ever. My father called and likened Steve Jobs to the mind of Albert Einstein, WOW now that’s saying a lot. To think Steve stared Apple in his home garage, was kicked out, brought back when the company was on the verge of death and today, Apple is one of the largest companies in world with stock selling right around $400.00. Stunning. So many tech items that we take for granted were made commonplace by Mr. Jobs and the team at Apple! GUI, WIFI, mouse, USB, iPod, iPad, iPhone and so many many more. What a life and what a legacy he leaves behind.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-the-things-we-take-for-granted-rip-steve-jobs/
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TommyLog – The Impact You Make!
I received an email from a long lost college roommate of mine from BYU, Kevin Shelley. – Love Kevin. He told me of the death of a mutual friend from our sophomore year at BYU. The thing that touched me so much was that Kevin got to chat with her just days before she passed. She told Kevin that I was the first person she met at BYU and the positive impact I had on her live…even after 16 years. WOW!
Makes you think that impact and mark will you make? Do you do stuff just for today or do you plan for the future?
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-the-impact-you-make/
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TommyLog – What’s Your Legacy Gonna Be?
Yesterday as I heard news reports about the internal Penn State investigation and how this is basically ruining the legacy of Coach Paterno, I could not help but think what the legacy will be for some of the top newsmakers today. How quickly 45+ years of solid gold status can come tumbling down.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-whats-your-legacy-gonna-be/
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My heart just aches – R.I.P Julie
Today, one of my best friends, lost his sweetheart to cancer. What a loss… and a sad day for all who knew her and Rick. Rick has always been my biggest advocate throughout my work career at Banta and beyond. Always cheering me onto greater heights and seeing this all unfold is just rotten. Hearing this news has just crushed me. I’m rarely like this but I had to share.
https://tommylog.com/my-heart-just-aches-r-i-p-julie/
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I’m So Sorry, It’s My Loss
Went to pay respects to the Lang family and especially Jess Dennis who lost her brother last week. As i waited in line, which ran out the door at time, I was just empty with what to say? What do you say in a time of tragedy like that? I had no clue. I was really stumped. I guess just having me stop over was all the words I needed to say, but you wish you had some grand words to say… then it hit me. I just said “Hi I’m Tommy, I’m sorry for your loss. It’s my loss that I never got to meet Erik.” Bam, done- that’s it. I had never met Jess’s Mom or Dad before and that’s how I did it and it worked fine.
https://tommylog.com/tommylog-im-so-sorry-its-my-loss/
