9/11: Dreaming with a Broken Heart
We spent the weekend of September 11th in New York City a few weeks back (for those still trying to figure it out, I moved out East in June and took a job to run a start-up company, our update in a forthcoming post). I was in the City all day Friday for meetings, one [...]
An Unexpected Gift
This is probably one of the most amazing stories I’ve heard in quite some time…Words don’t do justice to it, so if you read the article and like it I’d suggest you also watch the video. What an incredible story of an unexpected gift. Although Phoenix cab driver Tom Chappell insists he always knows where [...]
The Real Heroes are Dead
There are certain people that I think about at least every month who have made an impact on my life, what I think, and who I am–from those who are close to me and others are famous figures. Some are obvious, like my family. The next genre, perhaps, is unsurprising. People like Levi, Mother Teresa, [...]
Seven years ago today…
It’s taken me five days to finish this post that I started on 9/11. I remember so vividly the crisp fall morning, awakening early to what literally started as a most idyllic day–and quickly morphed into something quite different–from the freshness of having just learned that Erica was pregnant two days before, to enjoying a [...]