There’s a great excitement around our house right now, but along with that, a sadness of knowing that we’re finishing one of the greatest chapters in our lives. It’s nice to have a home base, a safe haven, a ship anchored in a friendly port. It keeps you stable and gives you security so […]
Watching Fight Club last Sunday, I was knocked down by the striking resemblance of extreme sports to the way the characters sought not worldly goods but the feeling of being alive. As humans, I don’t think we can deny our hunger for scaring or impressing ourselves with new and worthwhile things. One of my greatest […]
On an American Airlines Boeing 777 jetliner over the Atlantic Ocean, I decided to be an airline pilot. I was a few days away from being 21 and most of my closest friends were in that plane with me headed to Kandahar, Afghanistan. I had spent the last two years in the 82nd Airborne with […]
