The last time I saw Devlin and Darius, they were two of the many kids running carefree through the streets of our neighborhood. Now, a few years later (and a few hundred miles south of our neighborhood), they’re working hard — and smart — to help kids in their new community feel that same childhood […]
Reader Feature: Adelyn’s Art for Good
While I haven’t had the opportunity to meet today’s superstar in person, her lovely mother, Anna, is a reader and long-time friend. In fact, we’ve known each other since we were babies — and I’m pretty sure I’ve looked up to her since about that time too. Almost every story of the years we lived […]
You Can Change the Future of Cancer
There’s a moment — split seconds of my life, really — that I re-live in my head over and over again. Eight plus years later, the words — the moment — they’re as vivid as they were that very day. “I have a brain tumor. It’s not as bad as it sounds.” It’s not as […]
The Start of Some REAL Momentum
Just about a mile down the road from our house, there’s a public elementary school. Not Big’s. It’s one that belongs to a different school district. One that doesn’t have parents holding fundraisers that result in hundreds of thousands of dollars for school supplies, art and music teachers, and more. One that I’d heard was […]
Introducing The Avielle Foundation
When I got word of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, I said what people everywhere were saying. “I can’t even imagine what those families are going through.” And… “Who would do such a horrific thing?” Since that dreary December day, I’ve met one of those families. And they’ve got really interesting responses to both […]