Zoom, Zoom !!!

Saturday started in Lynchburg with the Track 👣 Meet before the focus shifted over to the ceremony at Hollins University. Part of the head space was focused on an event taking place back in Laurel Fork during the drive up to Strasburg for the next stop ✋ on The Trek.

After working on the Hollins story while attending the Strasburg Express event it was time to head over to Front Royal 🏨 hotel to start on the Lynchburg story.

Finished up with the last story five minutes before it was actually time to report to work with our Night Crew. Normally that part of the work obligation gets handled remotely but last night was an exception.

For 18 hours, in a number of different towns and cities, the mission was to see 👀 if one could brighten the day of some folks along the way?

I know for a fact that the time with our All-Star 🌟 delivery team was enjoyable and made an immediate impact in that there was joy / laughter and everyone was able to get home a few minutes earlier this morning 🌄next stop ✋ is Dulles Airport for Linda’s flight ✈️ back to Missouri and then I can try to retrace my steps 🚶‍♂️ back to Laurel Fork for a minute or two. The journey to begin this loop started on Thursday, I believe.

The goal to make our two Athletes time at the State Track 👣 meet as memorable as possible went as well as it could, at least in my mind. The time with Coach Montgomery and the two families (Delps & Smoots) was very, very pleasant for both Lin and I.

Getting a call 📞 from Ron Cochran about a special, special Day for him was a blessing ❤🙏 because anytime you can brighten a moment for someone that is constantly trying to assist us is what the mission in life is all about.

Onward, we go, Onward !

The line is from an episode of Aaron Sorkins Newsroom roughly a decade ago and its very fitting for our efforts as we turn to June.

Everyone that believes there is something wrong with today’s society have their own opinion as to why that is and I’m no different. My answer is Social Media and the 24/7 World it has created = social media is the Devil.

45 years ago I was told that I would never make it as a writer if I wasn’t willing to write mean. My answer back then was I guess I will never be a serious writer.

Fast Forward a few decades and as we try to stand for our beliefs through our Non-profit organization, I have a multitude of people telling me that we cannot make progress in our efforts without Social Media.

I spent the past few months testing my theory that these folks are mistaken and after exhausting myself further, I am now convinced of that fact.

10 to 15 hours a week trying for months now to see if it would actually lead somewhere and I have reached the well researched conclusion, not in my case.

Facebook runs at a speed that makes the Autobahn look like a School Zone. Here’s what I can say as fact, there are some folks that use it for good intentions but for everyone of them there’s 10 others.

Roughly six months later I have reached the conclusion that I truly appreciate 🙏 the small group of dedicated people that actually enjoy reading my efforts and might have an understanding of what my mission in life is.

So, I still encourage folks to share the stories that I create for them in the manner that they feel most comfortable. But please understand that everything that I write has a purpose and none of them are written in hopes of getting Facebook likes.

They are designed to capture a moment in someones life and frame it for them. The trick is getting someone who the story is not about to actually read the story.

On that note 📝, I will add one more thing before I walk across the street here at Liberty University to frame a story for the Delp family 👪 as Corrie competes in the State Long Jump.

Donna Nester, Bill Gallimore, Danny Dean, Kris Richardson and Trish Clontz and others like you – God Bless You 🙏. My time and effort is better suited focusing on how to improve my efforts instead of playing in traffic on the Autobahn !

The first ever Carroll County Diamond Youth 11-12 year homerun derby was a huge success.

We had over 20 kids come and participate. The final four were Connor Lineberry, Will Motley, Mason Quesenberry and Alex Hawks. Dane Austin participated in the homerun contest and then volunteered to catch for the final 2 rounds.

The final round was Mason Quesenberry and Will Motley. Mason edged Will in the final round to capture the first place trophy. New Carroll County Varsity baseball coach, Casey Burcham was on hand to present the winners with their trophies.

It was great to see some of the younger kids and even quite a few high school kids there to field the balls and cheer on the kids.

Thank You Travis for your efforts !