Lessons from Everyday Life

Herta grew up in Romania during that time of limited freedoms, and so we had an instant connection. During our conversation, Hans asked me if I had been in Lansing, Michigan, years earlier.  It turns out that I had worked in the same office as his mother when I was fresh out of school.

Lessons from Everyday Life By Theodore Lewis Bridgman, MI —Throughout my school years, I hated the study of numbers. Statistics, Algebra...

The word “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” was coined in the 1930s and popularized by the 1964 film “Mary Poppins,” which my wife Sharon

  We all experience disappointments. There are small ones, which are hardly worth remembering.

Lessons from Everyday Life By Theodore Lewis   Bridgman, MI —The bandwagon for the Detroit Lions this year has had to add many additional...

Lessons from Everyday Life By Theodore Lewis   Bridg man, MI —When I was in the School of Business at Andrews University, I learned about...

Why is it that when someone you know becomes “someone you knew,” you suddenly think of how much that person meant to you?

Bridgman, MI -- Ever since I was a kid, growing up in Holly, Michigan, baseball has meant the world to me. During the lazy days of...

Bridgman, MI— In my previous column, I told the story of the last speeding ticket I had and the promise I made to my wife, Sharon, to...

Bridgman, MI -- Growing up in Michigan during the heyday of the American auto industry was exhilarating. As a kid, automobiles were No. 1...

Bridgman, MI—Many of us have a childhood home where we grew up and where fond memories have stayed with us throughout our adult life. I...

Bridgman, MI-- My first recollection of distracted driving was riding as a child with my parents in mid-Michigan in the late 50s,...

Bridgman, Mi— The toll road called dementia is an enormous and complex highway that leads to a very bumpy ride. When my wonderful wife...

Bridgman, MI-- In 1968, the students of Adelphian Academy, a wonderful secondary educational institution in Holly, Michigan, were being...

Bridgman MI— When I moved to Maine in 2002 to start my tenure as CEO of Parkview Hospital, I learned quickly of the decades-long bullying...

Bridgman, MI--I thought Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, was going to be the culmination of a decades-long dream of seeing my beloved Detroit Lions...

Bridgman, MI— To me, the greatest joy at Christmas has always been giving gifts to others that make them feel special. In early December...

Bridgman, MI—The first wave of Covid-19 hit the U.S. about four years ago, yet seems like ages now. During those first months of the...

It was a typical, beautiful morning on Guam. I was a passenger riding with my finance executive from Guam Memorial Hospital to a meeting...

Bridgman, MI—There are seven wonders of the world. Seven deadly sins. Seven colors in the rainbow. Seven swans a swimming. Seven dwarves....

Bridgman, MI—In the last line of the movie “Casablanca,” Rick says; "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."...

Bridgman, MI—My first recollection of a “Winning Team Experience” was the 1957 World Champion Detroit Lions. This is one of the first...

Bridgman, MI—The strawberry to me has always been a symbol of love, friendship, goodness, and of course, deliciousness. Growing up in...

Bridgman, MI— Ten days after typhoon Mawar devastated Guam, I saw a picture of one of my educator friends there reading a book outside...

Bridgman, MI— During my time on Guam, I got to know several healthcare workers in the Philippines, and learned of the talent and huge...

Bridgman, MI--This Mawar Typhoon that just passed through Guam (more than 3,000 miles west of Hawaii) had me on pins and needles. I have...

Bridgman, MI—On a windy, blustery day this March in Southwest Michigan, my wife Sharon and I decided to go out for brunch at our favorite...

Bridgman, MI—In June 1958, I had just completed first grade after my parents moved to Holly, MI, about 45 miles northwest of Detroit. One...

Bridgman, MI—When Sharon and I married in 2004, we planned our honeymoon to be on a 13-day Grand Holiday Caribbean Cruise of the Cunard...

Bridgman, MI—Within the first few months of my tenure as CEO at Parkview Hospital in Brunswick, Maine, things were going marvelously...

Bridgman, MI— After going through a divorce in Louisiana when I moved to Maine as CEO of Parkview in 2002, one of my personal goals was...

Bridgman, MI—It was an overcast and chilly November afternoon in Pontiac, Michigan in 1981 as my nephew Michael and I neared the Pontiac...

Bridgman, MI—My first job in a hospital was a summer position at Madison Hospital. Back then it was a full-service faith-based community...

Bridgman, MI—It is apple time in Michigan. According to the Michigan Apple Committee, during the apple harvest season of 2022, more than...

My wife and I recently moved from Maine to Michigan. I hate the process of moving, especially when you must go through all your stuff in...

Portland, Maine— Back in days gone by when I was growing up in Holly, Michigan, a highlight of each summer was the annual 10-day...

Portland, Maine—After graduating from Adelphian Academy, a Seventh Day Adventist secondary school in Holly, MI, I felt on top of the...

Portland, Maine— It was a beautiful spring day in Pasadena, California. The wisteria and lilacs were blooming, the air was crisp and the...

Portland, Maine—Recently, after reconnecting with the good folks at Dockerty Health Care in Michigan, I decided to give them "a leg up"...

Watching this year's exciting Super Bowl with the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams reminded me of my attendance at Super Bowl XVI...

Portland, Maine— On Dec. 31, 2021, I woke up with a hopeful feeling. After the deaths of three good friends in 2021, I was looking...

Portland, Maine — Almost every industry in the U.S. today is dealing with a shortage of workers. The delta and omicron variants are...

Portland, Maine—I had just received my first hospital assignment at Leland Memorial Hospital in Riverdale, Maryland (just north of D.C....

Portland, Maine-- At our favorite breakfast restaurant here in Portland, one of the better wait staff just walked off the job, blurting...

Portland, Maine— My wife Sharon and I just completed our first road trip since the start of the pandemic. The distance between South...

Portland, Maine – Growing up in a home of faith facilitated my belief in God at an early age. My father, a great English teacher, writer,...

Portland, Maine—The day after attending the “Three Tenors Concert” in the historic Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan in July 1999, I...

Portland, Maine— Traveling for the first time since the pandemic, my wife and I booked a flight down to the Maryland-DC area. Prior to...

Having another hospital in Guam's medical portfolio has brought several advantages to the island’s residents At the end of 2019 prior to...

I'm tired of wearing a mask. I'm tired of social distancing. I miss New York's Broadway.I miss breakfasts at First Light in Scarborough....