SEASON 1: EPISODE 1 | January 22, 2019 Anything Mentionable Is Manageable with Tim Madigan To get us started, we decided to highlight STTIT’s First Annual Gathering speaker, our dear friend, author, and speaker, Tim Madigan. You can learn more about Tim in this blog post about his involvement, perception, and hopes for STTIT. You’ll also…
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It was the day of our first annual fundraising event, February 2, 2013, and we were looking to take a few hours before it to do something to calm our anxious spirits. Our keynote speaker, and now good friend, author and journalist Tim Madigan was in town, from Texas. He had never been to Hershey,…
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“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.” Fred Rogers When Someone To Tell It To was started, we (co-founders Michael Gingerich and Tom Kaden) had…
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One of Fred Rogers’ favorite things was to make connections between people. I have often imagined his delight at the connections I have made these last several years, traveling the country with the message of our unlikely bond. Many of them have been profound but fleeting. Others have developed into friendships that will endure as long as…
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The older I get the more I feel this is true, “There is a loving mystery at the heart of the universe, just yearning to be expressed” Fred Rogers, in I’m Proud of You: My Friendship with Mr. Rogers Our friend, author and sportswriter Tim Madigan, is traveling to Hershey, PA, to share about…
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“Anything mentionable is manageable.” ~Fred Rogers The tears started streaming down her face. She said she was sorry. I could feel her pain. “I can’t believe I did that. I’m such a screw-up.” “What will people think of me now?” “No one will look at me the same way ever again.” This conversation and…
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Tuesday turned out to be an extremely special day for us – with two watershed encounters of inspiration, affirmation and joy. We were on a work-related retreat together.in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and these two experiences still leave us filled with gratitude, awe, excitement and promise. As we continue to grow our non-profit, we need these watershed moments. We…
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One of my (Tom’s) favorite books growing up as a child is a book called Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. A few years ago the book was made into a movie. Part of the reason I resonated with the book and movie so much is because of the main character’s story. The main character…
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Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness….It takes strength to talk about our feelings and to reach out for help and comfort when we need it. ~Fred Rogers (“Mr. Rogers”) We live in a world which often tells us to ‘buck up’, to ‘pull ourselves up by your own…
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