Love Story

February 12, 2016 (043/366)

"There are many little ways to enlarge your world. Love of books is the best of all." - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Appreciation

February 11, 2016 (042/366)

« L'appréciation est une chose merveilleuse: 

Il fait ce qui est excellent dans d'autres appartiennent à nous aussi. » - Voltaire

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." I am so fortunate to work with caring, inspiring, and dedicated colleagues. Their creativity, collaboration, trust, and appreciation is truly a gift. Merci, Nan, pour ce gentil cadeau!

For the greater glory

February 10, 2016 (041/366)

"Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam." - St. Ignatius of Loyola

Each time I return to Marquette, I instantly feel a familiar sense of faith and inspiration. St. Joan of Arc chapel was my sanctuary for nine years -- a warm, quiet place to put away my books and concerns and end each day in grateful reflection. It has been twenty-two years since I graduated (for the third time!), yet even now, whenever I feel frustrated, I try to remember that the greatest lesson I learned here was to work hard to make a difference, to "Be the Difference," not for myself, but for the greater glory.