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Choosing Love

Another episode of my podcast with someone I deeply admire. In her tragedy, she has chosen to focus on creating change in our world. She is the creator…

Reunited in Resilience

Another episode of my podcast with a dear friend that our relationship grew over 20 years after we first met in college. Excited to share my podcast with…

One Last Wish

From my experience in losing my daughter and in my many, many conversations with grieving individuals, I have some advice. First I would ask you some questions as…

Be the Positive Change!

It was only days after Alaina’s murder when I was on a national news interview with my brother Adam and my sister-in-law Tamera when I said to the…

Ones to Live For

It wasn’t long after Alaina’s murder that Hannah and I were having a conversation. She looked over at me and said, “Alex does not deserve to live in…

Sitting with Grief

Alaina had a friend that she had a pretty cool bond with, they were very similar in many ways. Kayley reached out to me after reading one of…

Connections in Grief Part 2

So many connections that have become a part of my story, I am sure you have the same in your journey. Some you may not realize yet. For…

Friends in Grief

Kicking off my podcast with a dear friend that I truly wish the reason we are friends was not because we both lost loved ones to gun violence.…

Connections Part 1

There are many times in life when connections we never expect come into our lives. Most of us know where we were on September 11, 2001. For me,…

Communicating in Grief

We’ve all been there, you see that person that just lost a loved one, lost a job, lost a pet. We don’t need to rank these or assume…

We All Have A Story

The phone rang at 12:36 a.m. on November 8, 2018 and my life changed forever. When I am unknown, whether at an airport, a business meeting or a…

You’d Never Imagine

Twelve months prior to my daughter Alaina’s murder, I was standing in front of a close friends house at a candlelight vigil. My friend Daryl, his son Joe,…