So Why Do I Feel Like I Could Run a 10K? A few weeks ago, at the conclusion of my monthly video call with my college buddies, I could not contain my excitement — for the first time in a year of zooming, we had not discussed Covid-19 at all…

How to Share in the Joy and in the Sadness Each year in America, hundreds of thousands of young men and women prepare to begin their adult lives as they turn 18. They rattle off their accomplishments — debate team championships, AP credits earned, and varsity letters. They discuss their…

Show Your Joy, and Let Out Your Pain I have cried a lot over the past three days. The tears have been tears of sadness, but also of joy. Last night, I was sitting on a basement couch in with my 12-year old daughter Maayan. Maayan is incredibly emotional intelligent…

I Will Always Have Four Daughters “Forsaking aching breaking years, the time and tested heartbreak years. These should not be forgotten years.” From ‘Forgotten Years’, by Midnight Oil, 1990 When our daughter Michaela died, suddenly in her sleep on May 23, 2009 at age five and a half, we instantly…

Friendship — When we remember September 11, 2000, many of us think about first responders, passengers on United Flight 93, and father Mychal Judge who, while in prayer, became the first person to die on that terrible day. Fewer of us know about two other individuals from 9/11, Abe Zelmanowitz and Ed…

How We (Barely) Avoided Becoming Another Sad Statistic When our landline phone rang at 7.45am on Saturday morning, May 23, 2009, my wife Gabriella sprang out of our bed and ran to the kitchen to answer it. The next thing I knew, she hurled it across the floor, and began to mumble unintelligibly. So I did what I…

When I received my notification, by secure email on August 14th, 2020, that I had tested positive for Covid-19, I was shocked. After all, nearly two weeks earlier, I had scheduled my Coronavirus test as a precautionary measure only. I remember that morning vividly. It was the fifth day in…