“As I stood there and breathed their air and considered things like fragility, danger, luck, imperfection, chance, being kind, being funny, and being honest, I felt utterly, totally yanked apart by how much I loved these children.” -from “Grief is the Thing With Feathers”

Oracle Park San Francisco, CA Park number 16 of our journey to all 30! If you build it, we will come! 16th in chronological order. 1st in experience, views, setting, beauty. The best of the best. 2027 - Up to the kids! #DeLoBallparkTour

“This is the thing that will pulse in his brain come old age and double vision and dizzy spells … that bolt of noise and joy when the ball went in.” - from “Underworld” by Don DeLillo

U-S-A!!

“The traits of a good dad are also the traits of a good man: strength coupled with a willingness to look out for the young and vulnerable, to teach but also listen, to lead by example, to tackle daunting challenges and to persevere.” nytimes.com/2026/06/06/opini…

Greatest thing written about the greatest shot in college basketball history 247sports.com/article/uconn-…

“March is for the dreamers.” - Alvaro Folguerias Iowa Hawkeyes

Sun’s out - clear the court!

“He is punched in the chest a thousand times a day with his love for them. Just wallop after wallop of love and wonder, love and pride.” - “Where the Forest Meets the River” The years pass, the seasons change. But the place is constant - every time, the best meal we’ve ever had

It is well

First Shootout! #LetsGoX

“People don’t take trips. Trips take people.” - John Steinbeck

AHS is ready for Wednesday’s Freshman Day of Service! Thank you to our DECA, Teacher Academy, Key Club, and NHS students for 3 weekends of food collection. And to our community for so many donations.

Every inning every game, JR House’s first stop when jogging out to the 3rd base coaches box was to give a ball to a kid waiting at the railing. The DeLo kids got a bucket of them over the years. If you knew, you knew. Thanks JR for giving my kids another reason to love ball!

“I’d have picked him,’ she said, ‘if I’d a choice. But you don’t know who they’ll be, and they come as themselves, fully formed.” - from “Fellowship Point” by Alice Dark Elliott Happy 8th BDay to our energetic, enthusiastic man in motion; the best ballgame buddy a dad could have

Luke Bryan said it best: “Don't feel like goin' home So I'm gonna sit right here On the edge of this pier And watch the sunset disappear”

“That must be the worst part of being a parent. The certainty that for the rest of their lives, in ways both small and huge, your child is going to sprint away from you without looking backward.” - from “Where the Forest Meets the River” by Shannon Bowring