When we arrived for the show at the Civic Center [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/a-wicked-experience/feed/ 3 http://www.adoration.com/2011/let%e2%80%99s-make-a-deal/ http://www.adoration.com/2011/let%e2%80%99s-make-a-deal/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:22:59 +0000 Harry http://www.adoration.com/?p=592 When I was boy, there was a game show on television called “Let’s Make A Deal.”  On the show, a contestant was shown three curtains to choose from.  Behind one of the curtains, there was usually a gag prize such as a live mule or a bucket of dirt.  Behind the other two curtains were expenses prizes.  The object of the game was to choose one of the curtains that had prizes behind it.  After [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/let%e2%80%99s-make-a-deal/feed/ 2 http://www.adoration.com/2011/the-killing-of-an-8-year-old-boy/ http://www.adoration.com/2011/the-killing-of-an-8-year-old-boy/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:09:47 +0000 Harry http://www.adoration.com/?p=586 In the early summer of 1967 (when I was 10 years old), while holding onto the end of an old rubber garden hose, I climbed up the Weeping Willow Tree in the back yard of my parents’ home.  When I got about 20 feet up, I climbed out onto a thick branch and tied the end of the hose to the branch.  Since my intention was to use the hose to swing around like Tarzan, [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/the-killing-of-an-8-year-old-boy/feed/ 2 http://www.adoration.com/2011/what-is-there-to-like-about-golf/ http://www.adoration.com/2011/what-is-there-to-like-about-golf/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:06:47 +0000 Harry http://www.adoration.com/?p=580 Every summer several of my brothers and cousins go to Iowa to play golf for 3½ days.  On each of the first three days (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) they play at least 36 holes of golf.  The final day (Sunday) they play 18 holes.  Then they go home.

I hate golf.

I could give you multiple reasons why I can’t stand the game, but the truth is, I hate it because I’m a terrible golfer.  And since [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/what-is-there-to-like-about-golf/feed/ 1 http://www.adoration.com/2011/the-tipping-point/ http://www.adoration.com/2011/the-tipping-point/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 20:26:37 +0000 Harry http://www.adoration.com/?p=522 During the past few weeks there’s been an increase in the amount of calls to my law office from people who are in financial distress.  There’s a certain segment of the population that’s up against the ropes financially – people who are looking for a simple solution to their complex problems.

About two months ago I told my employees that we needed to be prepared for an upswing in our bankruptcy business.  With gasoline prices doubling [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/the-tipping-point/feed/ 1 http://www.adoration.com/2011/lent-kites-secrets/ http://www.adoration.com/2011/lent-kites-secrets/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:38:50 +0000 Harry http://www.adoration.com/?p=471 On a Sunday afternoon in March of 1968, when I was 11 years old, one of my aunts packed her 8 children (6 boys and 2 girls) into her station wagon and took them over to my Grandparents’ house to visit.  At that time, we lived in the country and my parents’ home was next-door to my grandparents’ home.

That particular Sunday happened to be during Lent.  Like most Catholics, we were taught that during Lent [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/lent-kites-secrets/feed/ 2 http://www.adoration.com/2011/is-your-life-out-of-balance/ http://www.adoration.com/2011/is-your-life-out-of-balance/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:25:24 +0000 Harry http://www.adoration.com/?p=467 Have you ever heard of a “life coach”?  Among other things, a life coach is someone who gets paid to provide private coaching to people who are trying to achieve balance in their lives.  The areas of life in which balance is ordinarily sought include spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, social and financial (not necessarily in that order).

Before our economy was hit with a recession, there was a booming business in personal coaching; however, because of [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/is-your-life-out-of-balance/feed/ 1 http://www.adoration.com/2011/letting-the-genie-out-of-the-bottle/ http://www.adoration.com/2011/letting-the-genie-out-of-the-bottle/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:54:23 +0000 Harry http://www.adoration.com/?p=463 The year was 1988.  Georgette and I had four children – Harry, 7; Anna, 5; Maria, 4; and Laura, 1.  During the last week in May, I told my three older children that if the weather cooperated, we were going to plant a garden on Saturday.  When I told them, they all got excited and started looking forward to the adventure.

Although the weather forecast was for rain, the sun was shining on Saturday morning.  I [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/letting-the-genie-out-of-the-bottle/feed/ 0 http://www.adoration.com/2011/the-beliefs-behavior-of-a-madman/ http://www.adoration.com/2011/the-beliefs-behavior-of-a-madman/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:13:06 +0000 Harry http://www.adoration.com/?p=434 If you pay any attention to the news, you know about the attempted murder last Saturday of Gabrielle Giffords, a congresswoman from Arizona.  Just in case you’re not up to speed on the details of the incident, I’ll give you a brief summary of what happened, and then a few of my own thoughts and observations that I haven’t seen expressed by anyone else.

The shooting took place in Tucson, Arizona, in front of a grocery [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/the-beliefs-behavior-of-a-madman/feed/ 0 http://www.adoration.com/2011/what%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cnew%e2%80%9d-this-year/ http://www.adoration.com/2011/what%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cnew%e2%80%9d-this-year/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:35:04 +0000 Harry http://www.adoration.com/?p=416 According to Webster’s Dictionary, the word “new” is defined as “having recently come into existence.”  I have a question for you.  Now that 2011 has come into existence, what’s really “new”?

Let’s be honest here.  There’s really not much that’s “new” that we can look forward to in 2011.  In fact, when the clock struck 12:00 a.m. on January 1, we dragged a whole lot of the “old” into our “new” year. 

Old habits.  Old behaviors.  Old [...] Read More »]]> http://www.adoration.com/2011/what%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cnew%e2%80%9d-this-year/feed/ 1