Standing Ovations are a shared experience of appreciation in sports and theater—that moment when something is so exceptional that you can’t help but jump to your feet with tears in your eyes and a glow in your heart. Consider this your seven-minute standing ovation! A girl is blessed when she can give a seven-minute standing… Continue reading Standing Ovations: A Wonderful World of Legends
Some rules we follow and some rules we break—who knew this longer than anyone? Our Founding Fathers and Pop Jones. He saw 106 Independence Days before he passed away this January at 107 years old. As a boy growing up in West Philadelphia, he had no rights once he left a prescribed area of town.… Continue reading The Timeless Wisdom of Pop Jones: Breaking Rules and Making History
I always thought it was God’s sick joke to be the daughter of my Dad, who played and then coached Sixers Championships, when I couldn’t make a basket unless my eyes were closed. When I was young, I asked my Dad to teach me how to play basketball. He must have been trying to get… Continue reading At 106, Pop Jones Captures The Heart of The City of Brotherly Love
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