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My Dad is Superman. No, he’s bigger and badder than Superman. He’s a metamorphosis of all of the superheroes. I can’t remember ever needing him and not overtly receiving his helping hand. Once, I needed to design a car for the Boy Scouts Pinewood Derby. Pops was there (I won by the way….hard to compete with a scaled down model of a Ferrari). I had a difficult time as a young boy keeping my fluids inside me while sleeping. This is no lie. Guess who was there to move me to the dry side so he would be the one wading his way through the night on the wet side. Yup, Pops did that. I wanted to attend UNC, Chapel Hill. Someone special to me placed a call to my high school to let me know my dream had come true. Yup, it was Pops. I wanted to see the world after college. Having not a penny to my name I needed someone to make it happen. Pops was there. He has been there every time. He’s my hero.

Graham Nash said it best in his lyric, 'A man's a man who looks another man right between the eyes!' It's a simple gesture; looking into one's eyes while shaking hands. Simple, yet profound.

We’re thrilled to announce that June is here! The thought of a new summer conjures up images of sun-splashed days and ice-cream truck chasing. Whatever your association is with summer, and we all have them, we at Future Stars always couple our anticipation of the summer solstice with spending quality time with our campers. What makes our company unique, however, is that our anticipation comes with clear expectations.

What is ‘it’ all about?  What defines us?  What’s the point of ‘this’?

Over the last decade, reality shows have become more and more popular because of the assumed realistic drama they create.  Viewers get wrapped up into the realness of them,  and feel as if we are gaining insight into someone's real life.  What we don't realize is that insight is often scripted, and what we are gaining is entertainment, not a prism from which to view the human condition.

Ralph Waldo Emerson famously stated, “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”  In my humble opinion, there is no greater truth.

As a high school Spanish teacher, coach of varsity golf and junior varsity basketball, and director of a summer camp, I am particularly sensitive to the leadership potential of the team members of which I lead. Through my experiences, I have found that leadership manifests itself in numerous ways within numerous personality types, but the common thread among all good leaders is that others consistently follow.