“There is a very blurry line between the things we can’t do and the things we can.” -Erik Weihenmayer You know how when you really like something you can’t stop talking about it? Even when it seems like everyone else is tired of hearing about it, there are always a few that continue to eat it up and then you know you are planting seeds for the future. Last September I completed my first Ironman triathlon in Wisconsin after a long summer of training an

We’re told that normal is good. And that to stray outside of normal is bad. We learn that at a young age and it becomes the baseline of what we hope for as parents. Normal kids and a normal family. Well that’s not what Annie and I got almost 17 years ago when our son Louie was born. When he was born, he had to spend a week in the NICU with a blood abnormality that the doctors pegged as either ‘no big deal’ or a ‘long term issue.’ That was a pretty big range for us as new

My brother, Louie McGee is a 16 year old kid full of confidence and adventure. He explores his life with a disadvantage, a rare and incurable eye disease. I am Louie’s 13 year old sister, Carmella. Growing up having a blind brother is what I call normal. We argue. We have trouble sharing. We laugh. And most importantly, we find a best friend right under the same roof. The only differences are the extra couple hours spent reading homework to him, listening to books together, o