Month: September 2019

My 9/11 Story

by Ten Thousand Days, posted in 9/11, alternative music, baseball, gratitude, loss, Mike Rowe, never forget, pixies, September 11th

Every year I share the personal 9/11 story of my lifelong best friend and I. It’s an amazing story of friendship, beer and baseball. In 2016 our story was told by Mike Rowe on his “The Way I Heard It” podcast. The episode was called “You Don’t Know Mike”.  It went viral and was seen and heard by … Continue reading My 9/11 Story

Celebrating My Past

by Ten Thousand Days, posted in alternative music, grief, peace, pixies, resilience, The Cure, widow, widower

Grief is a lifelong journey. As much as others wished I could, I could not wave a wand and be over it. My life was turned upside down by the sudden death of my fiancée, Dana. The night prior to heading back to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for her final weeks before graduation, she … Continue reading Celebrating My Past