17th Anniversary of 9-11...

17th Anniversary of 9-11...
On the 17th Anniversary of 9-11, we continue prayers for a path to peace. (Picture above - TishTrek and husband Harry @ the podium inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City). It was the privilege of a lifetime for us to be with leaders from around the world on a night when honoring excellence in writing and reporting was the common language uniting all of us. As one of the proud sponsors of the Annual U.N. Correspondents' Dinner, we enjoyed honoring excellence in writing and communications by helping to fund scholarships for international university students who had the courage & talent to tackle some of the difficult issues of our time. Through their magnificent words, they successfully created content that helped readers see through the lens of their research & life experiences. These students inspired all of us. I have confidence the next generation will pick up where we leave off.

Friday, July 30, 2010

With Thanks to our "Wizard of Oz": Dr. Mehmet Oz

Welcome to TishTrek - THE JOB BLOG!

During Lent for 15 years, our family (8 kids & 2 parents) gave up watching television during that season of 40 days & 40 nights leading up to Easter Sunday which forced us - of all things - to spend time playing board games, (no video games folks!), reading books and talking to each other! (My parents were clever, huh?) Anyway...

Every year, we were ONLY allowed to watch ONE TV program and that was the yearly repeat production of the Wizard of Oz. It was awesome! My Dad's Jersey City St. Peter's Prep High School friend and teammate, Bobby Bratton, would join us with his family - Mrs. Bratton, Maureen, Deirdra, and MY Timmy - one single Sunday every Lenten Season to watch Judy Garland & the Wizard of Oz crowd do their flying house routine on our first color TV, (PS - this is a true story...)

Forty years later... and it all comes full circle:

This week, a Harvard educated great guy named, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and his Team saved MY Mrs. Bratton's life @ Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Some weeks do not get better than this.

If you need Heart Valve Replacement, you don't have to be afraid if Dr. Oz is with you. Mrs. "B" went into surgery a few days ago and I had confidence in the outcome because I knew she was wearing the same Ruby Red Slippers we had watched for 15 years during the Lenten Season. Only this time, God clicked his heels so the sparkle of the slippers could light the way as Mrs. "B" made her way back home to Pt. Pleasant Beach. OMGosh - It worked! - Amen.

Just me @ TishTrek :)
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