This Veterans Day, I’d like to send a personal message to United States service personnel past and present.  We celebrate Veterans Day to commemorate the armistice reached in 1918 ending World War I.  The question still remains today—how do you say thank you to people that have put your life ahead of their own?  These men and women have chosen to shield others, to put their own hopes and dreams aside, to love their families from a...

Today we are taken back to the American Revolutionary War, November 10, 1775, the birth of the United States Marine Corps.  The day when the Corps became an official symbol of respect, strength and fortitude within the midst of chaos.  Today we show respect to those of us who accepted the call to be part of something proud, something honorable and something strong. Few men and women were able to stand up and accept a calling that would...

This Thursday, we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, and we remember and are thankful for those who fight for their faith in the face of certain tragedy, beginning at Plymouth and Jamestown, continuing to Gettysburg, and today.  Even now, we continue to fight together for our faith and the principles upon which our country was founded. As we are thankful to God this season for all the blessings He has given us, including this country and...

You know, a lot of physicians and clients I work with daily are veterans that have sacrificed more than I could ever know for our great country.  I want to take a moment and say thank you to my fellow veterans …Thank you for your service.  Today I want to share with you something that I recently stumbled upon. It comes from an anonymous source, but I think you will appreciate it all the same. =============================== Some...

Ninety years after the original Armistice Day on November 11, 1919, the main streets of this nation were lined with millions cheering the uniformed men and women who have proudly served and continue to march on. Veterans Day is also a day of quiet reflection on those who made the ultimate sacrifice. We at Eskridge and Associates honor the significance of this day and salute the veterans of our nation. On this Veterans Day, we also want to...

Round Rock, TX, August 21, 2009. Bob Eskridge, President of Eskridge & Associates, tested before Grandmaster Sin Kwang Thé and has achieved the rank of Sho-Dan (1st Degree Black belt) in Shaolin-Do Kung Fu. The Shaolin system as taught today is comprised of more than fifty styles and nine hundred forms. From this enormous body of material, today’s Shaolin-Do practitioners receive a broad-based martial arts education that covers...