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Basement Songs: Survivor, “Eye of the Tiger”
Scott Malchus is headed back to the basement again, where he's rising up to the challenge of our rival -- and facing down a parent's worst fear
Read More »Basement Songs: Bruce Springsteen, “Working on a Dream”
Each spring when Great Strides rolls around and we begin fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Julie and I do our best to write a letter that grabs people’s attentions and hopefully inspires them
Read More »Basement Songs: Pink Floyd, “On the Turning Away”
Through the eyes of my son, I’ve been reliving a part of my youth in the form of colorful costumed super heroes from cartoons and the pages of comic books. Because Jacob’s sister, Sophie,
Read More »Basement Songs: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, “If I Should Fall Behind”
Five years ago I began a mission running marathons and half marathons to raise money and awareness for cystic fibrosis. I felt helpless. I felt that I wasn’t doing enough for my son, Jacob,
Read More »Basement Songs: Coldplay, “Strawberry Swing”
I am running for my son. That is the mantra I repeated to myself in times of exhaustion when I was training for my first two marathons back in 2003 and 2004. The early
Read More »Basement Songs: The Beatles, “Here Comes the Sun”
The call came in the middle of the workday, sometime after lunch. Julie was fighting back tears as she drove home from Jacob’s pediatrician’s office. What we had feared was confirmed: Jacob’s failure to
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