Lessons Learned, and Re-Learned on A Trip to Mt. Everest
Brian Mumford – Legacy Magazine’s Man of the Year
The Legacy Magazine Man of the Year is the man who has truly exemplified the spirit of MDI’s core values and principles, showing up as an example for successful families, careers and communities, and helping put MDI on the map for its highest impact. By what...
Geoff Tomlinson – MDI Appoints A New Executive Vice President
By Olaf Krop, Chairman of the Board After a continent–wide search, the MDI Board of Directors elected a new Executive Vice President. On October 13 the Board unanimously elected Geoff Tomlinson (Eastern Canada Region) to the post of Executive Vice President, effective...
Great Golf, Great Food and Great Results
Doug Ernst, David Horobin and Rob Wetzel of Sequoia Men’s Division, Western Region, took part in the June Napa Valley golf tournament to raise money for the American Legion building renovation fund and for Pathway Homes, which supports Veterans. Their other teammate,...
Mom’s Long Reach
Craig Jones Legacy Columnist Do you have any idea what it's like to have to write things down? I mean, to have to, like a plant has to turn toward the sun. Most likely, you don't. It's a kinesthetic, restless, muscular thing, like how Hemingway said he wished he could...
The Greatest Chef in All the World
James Anthony EllisLegacy Editor Some things never change. Some things do. When I was in second grade, my teacher Miss Hall had a fun little exercise for us kids. She would interview each of us about the favorite meal that our mothers cooked. Oh boy! That would be...
Keeping the Christmas Eve Dinner Tradition Alive
Art McCormack MDI Contributor It must have been 1996 or 1997, and Christmas Eve was just a day away. Mom had always been the one to lead the charge around getting Christmas dinner prepped and ready for our traditional Christmas Eve celebration when my father was...
Soft Putty No Reason For Alarm
Willy HoltMDI Contributor I remember a time when I was about 10 years old. They put a new classroom window in at my elementary school. And all around the new window was putty, nice fresh putty. So of course, what are you supposed to do with that? Well sure, I wrote my...
Taking Care of Mom As My Commitment To My Late Father
Fred Rai Guest Contributor My mother... As a small boy I learned that two people oversaw my care, and one was my mother. Harbhajan Kaur. I didn't like her very much at an early age as she had a peculiar way of caring about me. In kindergarten, joining in an exercise...
Favorite Moments of Mom
As always, it's good to hear from the collective men on the topic at hand. On any topic, it's good to go to the collective wisdom and experience of the men and see what is to be shared and revealed. This month we hear from the men posting on social media, in answer to...
The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Had To Do With My Mother
Brian Childers MDI Contributor There are a few favorite stories about my mother. * How she told us that she and my father used to go to turkey shoots in West Virginia where he was from. She would win them; he would not. * How during one of her psychotic periods,...
I Wanted Her to Live, She Wanted to Die
Jonathan Rosenberg Guest Contributor My mother, who has been living in a retirement community for a decade, is going to be 107 years old on July 24. Both her long and short-term memory are phenomenal. She reads voraciously and can carry on a conversation with...
A Mother With a Sixth Sense
James Anthony EllisLegacy Editor I wasn't really looking for a sign or anything. Just a simple connection. I knew such a connection could come in various forms. When you are talking about the "other side," there are so many ways to go beyond the veil and connect:...
A Rich History of Care and Love
Fred T. Tomasello Jr. Guest Contributor Mom took good care of me as a child. From four to 12 years old, I was in no position to evaluate how well she did as a mom because two years after me, my sister Norma came home, and a couple of years after that, my twin sisters...