Age: 25 (almost!) Location: Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina Noah knew that he was flying home this weekend. He knew we were taking him to the beach. What he didn’t know is that his friends from high school and college were joining us for a birthday surprise. It turned out to be fewer friends than planned, …
Location: Sullivan’s Island Most people know that I have a near pathological fear of sharks. The movie Jaws did a real number on me and it almost ruined the beach for me. I say almost because the post-Jaws effect was that I suffer mini panic attacks when I swim in the ocean and something brushes …
Age: 58 Location: Winston-Salem, NC David Moore can relate to the many incarnated men he helps and those who are released from prison whom he employs because he has been there. He also grew up without a father, he also ran with the wrong crowd, and he has also served time. But now he is …
Location: Charlotte, NC I have had to miss out on a lot of local get-togethers and events with all of my travels, and one night out that I hate to be missing this year is the SEED20 OnStage competition on Monday, March 25th. I hate that I won’t be there because I always leave the …
Age: 55 Location: Charlotte, NC Shortly after her brother died from rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that is most often diagnosed in children, Sue Udelson saw a sign in her neighborhood for the Sarcoma Stomp. “How can this be?” she thought to herself. She had never even heard of sarcoma before her brother was diagnosed with it …
Age: 43 Location: Hallowell, Maine Emily Bessey met her husband Ethan at a bar. She saw him across the room and pointed him out to her girlfriend. Then he took the stage (“I didn’t even know he was a musician,” Emily says) and he played Girl from the North Country by Bob Dylan. “I am …
Ages: 54 and 22 Location: Poughkepsie, NY Now that my kids are far flung, I love any opportunity I get to see them. Eliza is in Memphis, Tennessee, Hannah is in New York City and Noah is in Madison, Wisconsin, so it is not always easy to get visits scheduled. This is a banner month …
Age: 24 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Noah’s interest in politics started really early. I remember when I was coaching him on an Odyssey of the Mind team when he was in the second grade and the kids were all supposed to go around in a circle and say something that is contained in something else. One …
Age: 52 Location: New York City When Jacquie Duval graduated from Cornell Law School in 1992, she planned to work on women’s rights. She had married young and worked as a secretary before getting her JD, so she had firsthand knowledge of some of the women’s issues that she could address as a newly-minted attorney. …
Age: 53 Location: Smithsburg, MD It took David Lidz ten years to graduate from the University of Maryland. He went there to drink, and classes came in a distant second. He began drinking at age fourteen, and now realizes he was well on his way to being an alcoholic in high school. He would sneak …