Our Thirty Seconds is a journey on which we are both passenger and pilot. We make hopeful choices every moment of every day, some more noteworthy than others. Ultimately these choices fill our Thirty Seconds...

This is something new…that has sort of been happening without my knowing…showing that good things can come out of bleak situations.  This is an introduction to a project that is being launched as we speak.  There will be much more information coming because I can’t seem to write it all out without it becoming a [...]

I didn’t learn anything today so I’m just writing whatever pops in my little head.  Actually that’s not true.  I think I felt lucky today.  I love that feeling…though oftentimes it quickly turns into guilt.
It’s called “survivors guilt” and I remember reading about it once and not grasping at all how a person could feel [...]

The video you are about to see is called a “palindrome.”  From what I understand it is something that reads the same both forwards and backwards…but with a different meaning in either direction.  In other words…it means one thing when you read it down…and another thing when you read it up…but the words don’t change [...]

I guess this is pretty darn personal…but that’s what a blog is for isn’t it?  I made it over the past few days…and while it’s about us…the living…I hope it makes Laura proud somehow.
Just putting this together gave me some insight that I never would have had if I decided it was too personal.  No [...]

This is a tribute to all the people that have helped me and my family get through…and continue to move forward. There are so many.  The friends that I see and talk to often…and the ones I’ve made here…through Thirty Seconds.  This is for all of you…
Please feel free to use this video to thank [...]