A Year of Firsts. And Lasts.

When I reflect on this year, it seems that the inevitable reality of life, and of death, just catapulted to the head of the line.

Firsts. Lasts. Mother’s Day

One of the themes I have tried to reinforce to my kids over the years is around the lifetime of “firsts” that awaits them. We all have different experiences but I know, for me, I often felt trapped as a teenager – physically and emotionally – with no real understanding of the greater world that

Remarkable Day

“… what really matters are the unexpected, wonderful, tragic, elaborate, simple, mind-boggling, boring things that happen in-between ..”

The Kids Who See Me Through

I am a very lucky man because there is nothing more affirming than seeing your own children exhibit behavior that is selfless, resolved and decisive…

Memorial Day Perspective

“…we live on the precipice of what was and what may be at any given momen