The haunting images of April 15, 2013 have begun to resonate once again as Boston prepares for this year’s marathon. Yet despite the sorrow that still brings a tear to the eye when we remember Krystle Campbell, Martin William Richard, Lingzi Lu and police officer Sean Collier, who died that day as …
Thanksgiving Message by Matthew Hurley
As the holiday rush rolls along and corporate America continues to squeeze away the meaning of the season in pursuit of the all mighty dollar, Thanksgiving remains a beacon of familial comfort. Christmas decorations began infiltrating shopping malls as early as October, in the process diluting the …
Charlie Brown And The Wonderful World Of Peanuts by Matthew Hurley
“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.” Charles M. Schulz on his two most popular characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. On February 12, 2000 Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, died in his …
Breast Cancer Awareness by Matthew Hurley
It’s an alarming statistic. One that resonates all year long but takes on added significance during the month of October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One in eight women, or 12.7% of all women, will get breast cancer in her lifetime. Those numbers would indicate the very real probability that …
9/11 by Matthew Hurley
9/11 has, of course, become a date ingrained in our memory. It was the day a younger generation of people finally understood what December 7th 1941 truly meant to our grandparents and our parents. Such epic tragedy seemed impossible to a collective who grew up on MTV and such innocuous yet fun …
Love For The Game by Matthew Hurley
There’s nothing quite like being a baseball fan. The sights, the sounds and the smell of the ballpark can hook a young kid instantly. And rooting for the home team becomes a family tradition. For those of us who have had our nervous systems tested by the Boston Red Sox, the 2004 title winning …