Thirty-five years after we graduated high school, my classmates and I have learned a thing or two about success. We are professors now, business owners and executives, architects, attorneys, doctors, engineers, teachers, photographers, farmers, writers and more. We are also grandparents, parents, husband, wives, friends, and co-workers. The luckiest among us are still active sons [...]
The Biskupic family "Mexit" celebration mirrored Molly's entrance into this old world. Both happened on a steamy summer day, both involved the sweet support of family and friends, and both concluded with Molly's relieved parents high-fiving and saying, "Well, thank God that went well." As they have through every important stage of her life, Molly's [...]
We wrote a little thank you note to our school district today. Then we hung it from our balcony. If it seems extreme to hang an eight-foot sign from the front of your house on your last child's last day of school, know this: We are that grateful. We loved the field trips to bat [...]
If you want to feel good about the world, listen to a high school choir sing. Hear those voices soar and blend, watch those chins rise, shoulders snap back, faces smile. Feel the joy. We've had that pleasure at Appleton North High School for the past 15 years. No matter how harried our day, how [...]
As the sweet notes of Molly's final cello recital filled Harper Hall yesterday, I leaned back in my familiar chair (aisle seat, audience left, midway up) and thought, as I had so many times in Molly's musical career, "What a lovely tune. I've never heard it before." Like her siblings before her, Molly enjoyed playing, [...]