69 Day Giving Challenge

  • 69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 20

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    Friends, are rare. Well,ย truly good friends are rare. Even rarer still is to make good friends late in life. We all have our crew of people we’ve grown up with, gone to high school & college with etc, but it’s…

  • 69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 19

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    The past week has been a tough one for my parents. Today (Saturday), after spending some time with my daughters, I headed up to my parents home. ย I hung out with my Dad. It helped to allow my mother some…

  • 69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 18

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    Iโ€™m heading home today from a few days in Texas. This morning a car service picked me up. My driver was awesome. A father of 5 kids retired Army veteran – just a fantastic all around guy. We discussed some…

  • 69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 17

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    Today I was the keynote speaker at Wilson Associates Dallas Points of Excellence Awards luncheon. I spoke for about ยฝ hour. At the conclusion of my speech I explained to the audience what Iโ€™m doing here for my 69 day…

  • 69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 16

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    I’ve been in Texas for a few days this week. Today I took a cab ride with a gentleman named John. We started chatting when I noticed the unique messaging on the roof of Johnโ€™s cab (see photo). ย I enjoyed…

  • 69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 15

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    Jimmy Mullin and I went to Mahopac High School together. Jimmy Mullen was a career military man, raising to the ranks ofย Major. Major James D Mullin passed suddenly in May of 2014. It’s funny how you remember the littlest things…

  • 69 Day Giving Challenge โ€“ Day 14

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    This one may seem minor โ€“ but todayโ€™s gift was simply holding the door for one of my neighbors in Chappaqua. I was walking into Dunkin Donuts. When I opened the door, the guy must have been 15 feet from…

  • 69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 13

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    For months my wife Laura thought that the baby clothes that she has planned on giving to her friend Jen and my cousin Trish were gone forever. We thought weโ€™d stored the clothes at my parentโ€™s house. My Mother looked…