by Lisa Ryan | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
“It is health that is the real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” – Mahatma Gandhi On May 26, 2017, my three-month-old great-niece (two days shy of her 3-month birthday) underwent surgery to have neuroblastoma (a cancerous tumor) removed from her organs....
by Lisa Ryan | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” Robert Brault There wasn’t one big thing for me to be grateful for this week, but there were many little ones. Here are a few of them… It was a...
by Lisa Ryan | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Travel is glamorous only in retrospect. – Paul Theroux After a week of challenging travel, this quote made me laugh today. After all, it was supposed to be easy – a flight from Cleveland to Chicago on Monday for a program on Tuesday and then from Chicago to...
by Lisa Ryan | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person; he believed in me.” Jim Valvano Because June 12th may be the last Father’s Day with my dad, I want to reflect on why I am so grateful for him. My earliest memory was when I was...
by Lisa Ryan | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Music is the soundtrack of your life.” Dick Clark The music of the eighties has always been – and will always be – the soundtrack of my life. So when the New Kids on the Block (NKOTB) Mixtape Tour came back to Cleveland, Scott and I knew we...
