April 30, 2013 By: Victor Brick
My Mom passed recently. She was 96 years old. When you talk about my mother, you also have to talk about my Dad, her husband of 67 years, who passed six months earlier. Their life was a love story that spanned eight decades. They first met in the Philippines at the end of World War…
March 6, 2013 By: Victor Brick
At the end of February Lynne and I were in Italy presenting at the ForumClub fitness convention in Bologna. After the convention we rented a car and drove around Italy. We visited Alberobello, on the west coast and then we drove across the boot to the town of Amalfi on east coast. From there we…
February 7, 2013 By: Victor Brick
Ironically, I am writing this Good Ole’ Uncle Vic from San Francisco the Tuesday after the Super Bowl. On Super Bowl Sunday, I was in the Superdome with Lynne, Vicki and Jon cheering on our Ravens. I knew it would be a good Super Bowl for us when we landed in New Orleans or ‘Nola…
January 11, 2013 By: Victor Brick
I just finished the first ever pick-up game at the new Brick Bodies Padonia. Speaking of the New Brick Bodies Padonia, it’s January and January is a time when everyone sets New Year’s resolutions. What they’re really doing is setting goals. I can’t stress to you enough the importance of writing down your goals. For instance,…
December 6, 2012 By: Victor Brick
Christmas. A time for giving. The merriest time of the year. I read about a “Secret Santa” from Kansas City who was giving away $100,000 worth of $100 bills to victims of Hurricane Sandy. What an amazing gesture. Just think how good he is making people feel. Funny thing is, I bet you he is…
November 15, 2012 By: Victor Brick
As many of you know, my father passed away last month. One of the things that really helped lift my spirits and the spirits of my 95 year-old mother was all the cards we received offering condolences at the passing of my Dad. Notice I said cards. E-mails are nice. Phone calls are a little…
October 11, 2012 By: Victor Brick
We lost one of the greatest generations on Sunday, October 7. This one was especially dear to me. It was my father, John Brick. He was 89 years old. He went the way he always wanted to go, in his sleep, in his bed, in his own house surrounded by his loving family. My dad…
September 7, 2012 By: Victor Brick
We lost one of our own last week. After a long battle with breast cancer, Barbara Lane, our childcare coordinator at Lynne Brick’s at Belvedere, passed away on August 31. She will be sorely missed. Have you ever read the poem, The Dash, by Linda Ellis? The gist of the poem is that, on most…
August 2, 2012 By: Victor Brick
Hi, everyone, how are you? Enjoying the Olympics? Boy, there are some great competitions, aren’t there? Anyone know the creed of The Olympic? “The most important thing is not in the winning but in the taking part. Just like the most important thing in life is not in the triumph but in the struggle. The…
July 11, 2012 By: Victor Brick
Lynne and I had the opportunity to go to Normandy, France last month for the celebration of the anniversary of the D-Day Invasion landings, June 6, 1944. Among other things we saw Bloody Omaha Beach, the American Military Museum, the Paratrooper Museum, several of the towns where Easy Company of the Band of Brothers fought,…