The Compassionate Friends Spring 2023 webzine was recently posted. My essay “About Your Room” was included along with other poems and reflections for bereaved parents, grandparents, siblings, and all who love children who have died too soon. The PDF can be downloaded directly. These magazines are free resources, please feel free to share!
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Penn State Men’s and Women’s Soccer Teams will again be offering the free Mack Brady Soccer Clinic for pr-K to 8th grade children. It will be help on January 8, 2023 from 2:30-4:00 pm in Holuba Hall on the University Park campus. Details on the PSU Sports site and below. […]
Penn State played a strong, grinding game against Wisconsin on Friday, September 16, 2022 for the 10th Annual Mack Brady Match. Kris Shakes stonewalled the Badgers to put up his first clean sheet of the season, a fitting tribute for a goalkeeper! The winning goal came in the 85th minute […]
Join us this Friday for the 10th Annual Mack Brady Match as Penn State Men’s Soccer open their B1G season play at home against Wisconsin! It is hard to believe that we are nearing the 10 year anniversary of Mack’s death, but what a remarkable community has helped us remember […]
Elizabeth and I were on the The International Day of Hope and Healing after Loss online conference sponsored by Open To Hope. They have posted our portion of the day-long conference as a separate clip.
Venue Change! The Clinic will now be inside Holuba Hall on Penn State’s campus. The time remains 4 pm and we look forward to seeing you there! Get all the details and registration forms at the announcement on the Penn State Men’s Soccer page. There is no online registration and […]
Elizabeth and I were honored to be panelists on the Open To Hope “International Day of Hope & Healing After Loss Conference” which is now available on YouTube. It is a rich and diverse group of panelists and the conference was nearly 8 hours long! You can jump to 1:52 […]
My back was sore as I scrambled off the floor and the pile of wrapped presents to slide onto the couch and pick up my glass of port. I stretched and observed to Elizabeth that it has been a really challenging fall. There were three main challenges that I had […]
The B1G home opener and the 9th Annual Mack Brady Match against Northwestern was on Friday, September 17 and the team is now 6-1-2 in Mack Matches after their 2-1 victory over NW! We want to thank the State College Celtics for hosting a wonderful pre-game tailgate, Bree and Aaron […]
The essay below is by Penn State alumnus and former goalkeeper Dan Sheerin. His son Danny was one of the first Mack Brady goalkeepers at Penn State and their entire family has been a mainstay at the annual Mack Match and Winter Clinic. He and I were musing on the […]
While we cannot meet in person, we will not miss our Annual Mack Brady Clinic! Even in this odd year, the Goalkeeper Union comes through to provide another clinic for aspiring keepers! It will be virtual, of course, but mark your calendars for January 17, 2021 and register now! The […]
The 8th Annual Mack Brady Memorial Soccer Clinic will be from 2:30 to 4:00 pm on Sunday January 12th, 2020. The clinic is free of charge and open to children 16 and under, but all participants are required to fill out and bring with them two forms: the Consent for Treatment […]
Some thoughts as we enter the season of remembrance. Read it in full here. I have come to appreciate that memory lives in a separate space and at times Mack and I share a moment. Often I laugh out loud and “re-member” Mack’s great laugh and feel his warm spirit […]
Update: I had no idea this ran on the cover of the Collegian! Thank you again to the editorial board for covering the Mack Match and to David for writing the story. What a wonderful remembrance. Thank you. Penn State Collegian staff writer David Pollak did a very nice piece […]