Some Write

Some Write

I’ve heard writing it down makes it real, maybe too real. Is that really what matters? Making it real? My friends have told me I need to write a book, but I’ve never thought what I had to say mattered much. Who would be interested? It was my own personal struggle with...

The Promise

This story didn’t happen on Father’s Day, but for me it defined a father’s love better than any other small moment in my life. This is how we reveal our parenting…our legacy…in the small moments. From a very young age, our daughter, Kelsey, had to endure a significant...
Chocolate Covered Cherries

Chocolate Covered Cherries

It’s funny how the little things in life can make such a big impression. Like the ripple from a pebble thrown in a pond, a small gesture can reach far beyond that short moment of contact. But this story isn’t about a pebble; it’s about a chocolate covered cherry, or...

AYS – Forward

Gene Verdu was truly a philanthropist and a man for all seasons. I first met him professionally when I became a St. Clair County board member in 1981. I had worked in private industry for yearsand networked with many social service agencies in both my role as a union...
Great Now What Do I Do?

Great Now What Do I Do?

I was born in March of 1938, in St. Louis, MO. I lived in South St Louis, near Carondelet Park, been there most of my life. I attended a local public school, Woerner Elementary School. Later I attended Our Lady of Sorrows catholic school and Bishop DuBourg High School...
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