I had the honor of writing both my dad’s obituary and his eulogy after he suffered a fatal heart attack while driving 65 miles an hour up Highway 75 during Super Bowl weekend 30 years ago. He has been gone now two years longer than I was alive in 1993. Those numbers and others like [...]
I pulled out my winter coat yesterday and discovered a familiar surprise. My hand brushed against it as I rooted around my pocket for a glove. It had been eight months since I'd worn that coat so I was kind of curious what I'd find. To-do list? Receipt? Thank-you note I'd forgotten to mail? Happily, [...]
Some gifts arrive in exactly the right season. Take, for instance, the framed photograph our friend Deb dropped off for us. As Packer team pictures go, it's a relatively famous shot of one of the greatest teams in Green Bay Packer history. The 1962 Packers finished the season with a 13-1 record, and beat the [...]
Emlen Tunnell, who followed a storied Coast Guard career with an equally impressive NFL career and was, by all accounts, a remarkable human being, once popped in to visit my dad, Ron Kostelnik. Having just finished his second season with the Packers, my 22-year old dad was both shocked and flattered to find the NFL [...]
In honor of Labor Day 2021, I'd like to salute the word. Here's to: Honest work and the people who take pride in it. Parents who teach their children the value of effort and who aren't afraid to let them take risks. Men and women who work until their task, and not necessarily their shift, [...]