Today, it has been thirteen years since my first book, Beyond Breathing, went live. Today, it has been 5,441 days since I last hugged my daughter. I know exactly how and when Beyond Breathing began. It was December 12, 2006, when I received a sympathy card, a long letter, and an enclosed $100 …
Lessons Learned
The Bittersweet Irony and Lesson of a Transplant
Marc and I are finally renovating the house we built over 25 years ago. We are no longer that young couple that raised our family but empty nesters that never updated their house in 25 years. We concentrated on our kids, not our home, and it showed. Think the early 90s. Think flowers, stripes, and …
Adventure Day 12
The whole point of this "13-Day Adventure to Nowhere" was to desperately try to change the depressed emotional tailspin that occurs between Thanksgiving and December 4th. It's Hell Week in every sense of the word. Thanksgiving 2006 was Jena's last holiday with us, the next day her lungs …
Adventure Day 11
Today was haul ass day. We were still in Florida and had 1,200 miles ahead of us. We loaded up with coffee and gas, and The Starship Escaladewas back in flight. On the road again... Marc cranked up his Willie Nelson and I booted up my iPad; what a perfect couple we make. This is Day …