...our trip was based on a single letter that David, my partner had gotten from someone behind the Iron Curtain...

One of the most powerful things we have is the power to choose.

My brothers came running up laughing, I think hoping that I wasn’t hurt but enjoying the humor of the moment.

You don’t start out shooting a basketball from 30 feet. You start out by shooting a lay up. You don’t start out throwing a football 60 yards. You start out just making sure you get your fingers on the seams correctly. You don’t start out hitting homeruns, you start out hitting off of a tee.

My phone rang, it was my daughter, she doesn’t call unless something’s up.

It just takes someone willing to help pick up the pieces and put them back together.

I was ready to ground him until the age of fifty and make him eat bread and water for the rest of his life.