I saw a post by an author I used to read named Daniel Pink talking about the best eleven books that you must read this year (or before you die — I can't remember exactly) and I sifted through the books. I bought all of them as he seems smarter than I am and I try not to question smart people all that much in their area of expertise. When the books arrived I was taken by this one called Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. It was a book on writing. The first thing I noticed was that s

I am sitting on a plane at the moment with Susana and Delilah flying to Northern California. We are going with friends to the Delta to ride on their boat for a day then heading to Napa to spend time with our clients and friends for the Bottlerock festival that takes over the valley during Labor Day. Now I am not a super nosy person, but the people in front of me have been talking most of the flight about their jobs. One works for a healthcare company and the other used to do

My oldest son is an aerospace engineer in college right now and I hope he never reads this letter, as it may ruin the degree for him. I have surgery tomorrow to remove a body part that was essential in making him, so that may make it even worse. But as I stood in the shower this morning I had so many thoughts running through my head. With my surgery at 5am tomorrow, my thoughts feel like they are all colliding into each other. But then one thought launched past the others and