Welcome πŸ™ to Tuesday, July 28th, with the challenge being who can we make smile πŸ˜ƒ today !

Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :
Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Job 23:12Β Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Thank you to Rev Joel, Travis, and Coach !

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™ŒπŸ˜‡πŸ™

Welcome πŸ™ to the final Monday of July 2026 ! Let’s make it a Sunny 🌞 kinda day…

Passes go on sale today.
Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Ephesians 6:13Β Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :

Speaking of Sonny 🌞, what do these three sports movies 🎬 have in common?

Yes, in all three films πŸŽ₯, the lead character is named Sonny. In one of the three, the person who is being portrayed is a real-life Sonny. Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and Kevin Costner each took a turn at being Sonny.

The challenge today is for people to follow the leading men listed above by being Sunny as in having a good disposition !

Yes, I watched πŸ‘€ all three versions of Sonny / Sunny 🌞 yesterday ! Too much time on my hands ? Maybe, but I had to smile when I connected the dots that my three choices were each about Sonny.

Have yourself a Blessed (and Sunny 🌞) Day !

If you think that your job forces you to think fast, the lead official in a Canadian Football League game played in the Eastern half of the country is forced to do double duty !

Montreal Alouettes are hosting the Hamilton Tiger πŸ… Cats 🐈 so at the end of each penalty, the umpire describes the infraction in French and then immediately after does the same in English.

Watching πŸ‘€ a game a few years back in Ottawa, the public address guy πŸ‘¦ would do the same, but on EVERY play ! The very definition of thinking on your feet.

Montreal 10-8 at the half in a defensive battle !

Montreal 31 – 18 (F)

There were three Greg Maddux moments from the road this time, and one of them led to something pretty awesome showing up in the mailbox πŸ“¬!!! Here’s one of them…

Thank you to Mr David Epstein for the gift 🎁 of one Greg Maddux rookie card !

David was the center of the third Maddux conversation over the seven weeks on the road and now has cemented a place in the story of chasing HOPE.

We met during Week 6 of 7, while David was working at the Spring Mountains Visitors Gateway and immediately jumped into a conversation about life and the path that had brought us to the point in our lives.

At one point, the conversation led to my appreciation for the baseball ⚾️ career of Greg Maddux, and David had grown up as a lifelong Los Angeles Dodgers fan, so the focus was on the time where Maddux pitched for LA.

In a show of appreciation to David, I will wear my Maddux Dodgers jersey to our Special Olympics Basketball πŸ€ practice today. The ongoing search for others who choose to live life in a positive manner is a challenge. Sometimes, you strike gold and other days, not so much, but that day out in Mt Charleston, Nevada, it was like hitting the jackpot.

  David and his two co-workers are the real deal and represent the U.S. Forestry department incredibly well !

Welcome πŸ™ to Saturday, July 25th ! The weekend is here…

Isaiah 64:8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Red Letter Day for the World of Professional Softball as for the first time in the history of the sport, a game will be televised on network TV πŸ“Ί!

All three games are set to be televised, so regardless of who you are pulling for, pull for the series to go the distance !