Name

Name

What’s In a Name? by Ryan Krzykowski One of the best people I’ve ever known is a pastor in his 40s.  More than once I’ve heard him tell a story from when he was in high school.  Looking for independence and unsure of what he believed, my friend...
Adopted

Adopted

Adopted by Ryan Krzykowski I’ve had some great summers over the past few decades — 1988, 1991, 1999 and 2001 come to mind immediately.  But I’ve never had one quite like this year’s.  My travel schedule from June 9 to July 8 was crazy, as I was...
We Can Do Better

We Can Do Better

We Can Do Better by Ryan Krzykowski I’ve known my wife for over 25 years, and at first glance she doesn’t appear to care about sports at all.  But if you look a little closer, you see that while she rarely cares about the score of a game, she actually...
Champion Teammates

Champion Teammates

Champion Teammates by Ryan Krzykowski This week I received another stark reminder of just how little remains of whatever athletic ability I once had.  Playing basketball with my two younger sons (19 and 15) in the driveway, I was pretty useless.  In a few games of 21...
Ancestors

Ancestors

Ancestors by Ryan Krzykowski A couple years ago my brother got curious and started doing some digging on an ancestry website.  He was able to determine with a fairly solid level of certainty that going back 15 generations, into the early 17th century, we have an...
A Little Boost

A Little Boost

A Little Boost by Ryan Krzykowski Sometimes it’s the seemingly small things.  I’ll spare you all the details, but life has been challenging lately.  Work has been especially demanding, relationships have been hard, support networks have been permanently...