Thomas Craig's Blog

When Did So Many of Us Stop Really Seeing Each Other?I sometimes find myself scratching what little hair I have left when I listen to the news anymore. I am fascinated by the heavens, and I watch and read anything I can get my hands on about outer space. We are at point in our history where we ar...

Yogi Berra, the great New York Yankees catcher and long-time Yankee manager, passed away the other day at the ripe old age of 90. The Internet and the media has been flooded with Yogi Berra stories…as well there should be! Yogi was a terrific baseball player.Baseball is a game of statistics. Ever...

Some of you, who have been faithful followers of my blog, know that I have a daughter my wife and I adopted from El Salvador. She had an extremely difficult time of it as a little girl. Prior to us adopting her, she and her family were victims of the civil war in El Salvador; which claimed the li...

I would like to introduce you to my friend, Kim. Kim and I worked together for many years until one day his life took an unexpected turn. Kim was at home alone preparing to leave for an appointment. He was at his computer, when he was stuck with a huge pain in his chest.  He fell to the floor and...

Well, our nation has suffered another mass killing. Another misunderstood loner has decided to call attention to themselves by inflicting pain and suffering upon random victims. The country is becoming numb to these events. It seems the frequency appears to be around once a month. The cities and ...

Freedom: Mankind’s Most Treasured AspirationWe Americans are about to celebrate one of our most treasured national holidays…July 4th. It marks the anniversary of our country’s declaration of independence from England. With the pen strokes of a handful of very brave men, our country set off in a n...

We Just Have Each OtherMan, life can be so hard! We live in a time and age where communication is instantaneous. That can be a blessing, or a curse… depending on what news is being delivered. The media rarely tells us of the good stuff, because they think it doesn’t attract our interest. So, day ...

Each Of Us Can Make A Difference In Our Own WayI read this story on Yahoo yesterday, and it made me immediately think of this quote from Mother Teresa. She said the following..." In this life, we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love."Perhaps you saw this story too. ...

To Realize The Value of Something…I received the following email from my brother-in-law this morning, and I just loved it because it encompasses such tremendous wisdom. Why?  For one to know the real value of something, a person must experience the pain of losing something of importance. Sadly, i...

 I wrote the following post several years ago to honor two of my wife's uncles. With this post, I would like to thank my wife's nieces and newphew who bravely made careers in the Navy...and to all the brave men and women who  continue to put their lives on the line so that we can live in freedom....