Have you seen the movie American Underdog yet? Kathie and I viewed it a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed it. The movie tells the story of Kurt Warner and his struggles to play quarterback in the NFL. He was a very successful high school football player in Iowa but when he went to college it wasn’t until his fifth year that he had the opportunity to become the starting quarterback. But even then he had to badger his coach…..
I might have already mentioned in a previous blog that when I became a Christian I was not even aware of it. My Mother told me of an incident when we were visiting our neighbors one bright moonlit night. We were standing out in their yard and our neighbor Harold was holding me. I was around two years old at the time. Harold teased me as he announced, “See that moon Mickey” (Yep, that’s what they called me back in…..
When one is a teacher and a struggling author opportunities arise where one receives requests to speak to various organizations. Over the years I have given a variety of speeches to a wide variety of audiences. One of my early speech memories occurred when the Junior class of Wheaton High School requested that I speak at their junior/senior prom banquet. I pretended I had kept a diary of my own junior prom experiences and read portions of it to them……