The heartbreaking “Math” of ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and why we should stop playing it safe. I find myself returning to this photograph again and again. Paul Kalanithi, forty pounds lighter than he was before cancer, skeletal and exhausted, cradling his newborn daughter in hands that once performed brain surgery. They are both breathing. One […]
Why Paul Kalanithi Chose Fatherhood While Facing Death Read More »
Facing terminal cancer, the Carnegie Mellon professor turned one final talk into a message about dreams, kindness, and time. A man walks onto a stage at Carnegie Mellon. He’s got tumors the size of tennis balls in his liver. Three to six months left. Three kids at home under six who won’t remember him. And
The Lecture Randy Pausch Gave for the Children He Wouldn’t Live to Raise Read More »
It is my reasoned opinion that everyone should read “Nobody’s Girl”. Not because it’s easy; I’m afraid it’s not. Not because it will make you feel good; it definitely won’t. But because Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s story exposes a truth we’ve spent too long ignoring: that powerful men can traffic, abuse, and destroy young girls, and