And I got my handicap back down to a one and there was a time I sat there and I said, you know, your handicap is lower than it was when you had 10 dexterous fingers and perfect eyesight. He has turned his personal adversity into an opportunity to help other people in life who may be dealing with difficult circumstances. Cause I think he couldn’t make it to the first night, but in 24 hours, we made incredible friends because I feel like we’re all in this boat together and we’re pulling for each other. And firstly, my daughter grew up, she’s finishing her final year of a psychology program at Baylor university doing developmental child psychology. When he was ten he penned his first novella, Donald the Dragonfly, during a summer writing course his librarian mom had suggested.

No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. You’re only going to experience the sadness and the pain and the anger and all these bad things that we don’t like. You know, he likes to tease me that he went from working 40 hours a week to work at 90 hours a week.And this podcast has given me a new appreciation for the good in people and the unbreakable human spirit. In the telling of Schechterle's story%E2%80%94from his becoming a Phoenix police officer to the March 26, 2001, auto accident that nearly killed him%E2%80%94Napoleon offers up suspenseful prose replete with all the crucial elements of a legal thriller.

And this also helped me not only give me some purpose in life, but again, the added, just keep piling on the gratitude and the perspective so many police officers have died in these fuel fed fires, countless civilians that don’t get discussed on TV. It is also a keen look into the workings of our police men and women and the close bonds that knit them together. So I really don’t know what the, the toughest one is because there are so many surrounding, what’s the best thing to do for our kids at this young age as their minds and their emotions, time to develop. And that just felt amazing to feel the energy in the room and to hear the laughter and the, and the gasps and everything for each thing that we all talked about.And I mean, this kid who couldn’t eat or leave home is now living in New York city, working at a hotel at times square. The company I work for is launching a new product to market in 2020, an alternative to typical autograft skin transplants. The level of education we have or what outfit we put on every day, we are human beings with emotions and our own story, our own set of adversity and families and things like that. After reading his story, I am left with an even deeper sense of admiration for his determination, courage, and humility.