Winter 2015 Newsletter

The primary reason for our Foundation’s being is to move forward in supporting others in their growth, especially those in underserved communities who do not have access to personal growth resources. Recently, I've noticed that underserved communities are becoming polarized and isolated rather than reached towards with a helping hand.

I’d like to share something personal with you. I’m missing Mariah these days, and I have some small regrets around her death. One is that I often question whether I checked in with her enough about her day-to-day living with ALS. I do know that she was a model of putting ALS on the backburner so she and we could ALWAYS move forward. Still, that thought haunts me sometimes.

I’m currently reading a book, Four Seasons in Rome, by Anthony Doerr, about a family that spends a year in Rome with their newborn twins. The book relates current and historical Rome, and I’m always fascinated by that time connection. But what I’m continually relating to is the author’s awareness of time and place