Today I was able to define the statement for The Compassionate Friends newsletter. In this third workday of the SELP I was able to define my mission statement very clearly. It reads like this: What I am out to create is to transform the energy of grief, loss, anger and hopelessness into the energy of [...]

I spoke with Rep. Irving Slosberg! I was truly inspired by his words but most importantly by his actions! I did research to find out about his political stand and found out that what he stands for is safety on the roadways. I found out that he lost his daughter 10 years ago (along with [...]

Out of the many emails I sent out, I got 99.99% in Nos! Thru all those Nos, I read many reasons why I should not do this project; why I should accept & conform to the status quo; how I should learn to live with it; how sorry they are for my loss; how I [...]

So you know the story! The state, FDOT, Turnpike Authority, even my family are not 100% excited about the project. So I am pissed! I was so mad that I felt I needed to go for broke!!!! What do I have to loose, right. All they can say is no – & I have heard [...]

Last night I attended a M.A.D.D. Victim’s Awareness Panel. This was a real eye opening experience – two fold. Fortunately Lynnsey Eakins (M.A.D.D. WPB Chapter) allowed me to enter as a volunteer. This meeting is usually reserved, and mandated by the court system, for first-time DUI offenders to listen to victims, lawyer (for both sides) [...]

Another day of nos. No, no, no, no and guess what – no. You want what? – NO. What part of no did you not understand. Na na na na na. It’s becoming comical how predictible it can become. I contacted the local MADD chapter. They took my info & listened to what I had [...]

I just got an email from Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. They were no help. All they did was point me back to FDOT. FHSMV emailed back with a ‘nothing we can do’ message. I also spoke with FDOT & they are also “nothing we can do” advocates. Don’t get me wrong! [...]

I know what they always say about bureaucracy, but I had to try anyway. I’ve been wanting to create two things. First, I want to create a Memorial Garden at the greenspace of the rest stop plaza where the public will be able to see it & where the family can go & contemplate. Second [...]

I don’t want to put thoughts into your mind. Yes, the realist in me would say that this is just camera failure – leave it at that. But why now? Why for images of the descansos? Sorry can’t help myself – what are these people doing in the middle of the road!? This image looks [...]

This is a third image, I’m posting, of my first attempt to photograph the descanso. As I explained, I can take pictures just fine. I have done it before, actually the pictures I took just hours before were fine. But now that I am trying to document the descansos – the pictures are, all of [...]