War changes the lives of everyone. Whether the soldiers themselves, their communities, or the families. And no change, no hurt, is greater than than the loss of a loved one in the service of their country. It’s up to us as beneficiaries of their sacrifice, to take care of those they leave behind. To help […]
My life and career have been defined by my father’s absence. Now in my mid-thirties, I went to complete a bit of unfinished business and ended up confronting not him but myself. The story, as I like to tell it, is that I owe my existence to a motorcycle. It begins in 1976. Bob Amsden, […]
Every day for two solid weeks, this man’s son would take a walk. They live in the rural Philippines, and since the father was curious as to what he was doing, one day he decided to tag along. What he found was both heartwarming and heartbreaking. It turns out his son was taking those trips […]