Stolen Joy
When Patrick Mahomes wrapped his arms around Mecole Hardman, after the Superbowl winning touchdown, I did the same with my two adult...
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Peter Luckey
Dec 5, 20235 min
My Father’s Last Decision
On Christmas morning, he told us: he was considering suicide. I thread my arms through the sleeves of his black Geneva robe at our...
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Peter Luckey
Oct 31, 20232 min
Blow out on the Plains: A Lesson in Kindness
The noise kept ratcheting up. I ignored it until I couldn’t. I was crossing eastern Colorado on Interstate 70 with my wife Linda when a...
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Peter Luckey
Sep 14, 20233 min
Staying in the Moment
Can you think of a time when you stayed in the moment? When for once you were not brooding or ruminating, cogitating or agitating,...
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Peter Luckey
Mar 17, 20231 min
What are you going to do with your one wild and precious life?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver The baby is me. 1952. I am cradled in my...
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Peter Luckey
Dec 6, 20221 min
"Papa, I’m scared"
“Papa, I’m scared.” I heard my sweet munchkin’s voice, but I wasn’t sure if I dreamt it or whether it was really her, my five-year-old...
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Peter Luckey
Sep 7, 20222 min
70-Year-Old Conversation With the 15-Year-Old
You were as happy as you looked. You were coming home from the Yukon (Canada). Mom, Dad, you, and your brothers ate sandwiches at the...
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Peter Luckey
Aug 24, 20222 min
3 a.m. Anxiety Attack
3:15 a.m. I told myself this week that driving the 221 miles to Tulsa and back was no sweat, and yet I laid in bed, restless. I dreaded...
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Peter Luckey
Jun 20, 20222 min
Who Are Your Mentors?
My 23 rd birthday - the year my father died - marked a new low. I had just graduated from college, and I was “camping out” in friend’s...
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Anna Luckey
Mar 8, 20222 min
Could you use a coach?
Prepared by Peter Luckey for the Kansas Oklahoma Conference - March 5, 2022 Has something ever weighed on your mind so much that it kept...
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Peter Luckey
Feb 3, 20222 min
What my visit with President Obama taught me about humanity
The door opened. Expressionless men in black suits and dark sunglasses pushed into the crowd to clear a path. And then he was before me,...
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Peter Luckey
Jan 19, 20221 min
Presence
While all hell was breaking loose at the US Capitol in January 2021, I was visiting my 94-year-old mother in a nursing home in...
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Peter Luckey
Dec 20, 20211 min
This Year, Christmas Came Early
Last Wednesday’s wind that toppled a tractor trailer tormented me with flying debris while I stood pumping gasoline into my car. I said...
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Peter Luckey
Nov 23, 20212 min
Finding My Place: A Memory of My First Day of First Grade
What I remember most about my six-year-old birthday was the rain. It was my first day of first grade and I was riding a school bus for...
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Peter Luckey
Oct 9, 20212 min
Monkey Brain
By Peter A. Luckey I recently had a dream. I'm sitting among colleagues. Conference tables are scattered throughout the room; important...
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