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What does it mean to rebuild your life after unimaginable loss—and to keep choosing love, again and again?

In this powerful first installment of a two-part series, we sit down with our father: a Navy veteran, retired physician, and quiet hero who has lived through more heartbreak than most could imagine. He opens up about losing his 17-year-old daughter Laurie in a tragic accident, adopting the two of us (at ages 11 and 18), supporting our mom Marsha through multiple cancer journeys and the conclusion of her legacy project (The Boxes), and the courageous decision to open his heart again to love and blended family.

From growing up in post-war America to practicing medicine in the remote Australian outback, his story is one of service, surrender, and staying present—even when everything changes. Through it all, he offers a profound example of what it looks like to live with purpose, intention, and grace.

This is a story about fatherhood. About grief. About legacy. And the quiet strength it takes to keep showing up with an open heart.

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