Over the past year I’ve had the opportunity to watch (and sometimes help) my 17 year old son Louie create and launch his very own non-profit Louie’s Vision (www.louiesvision.com). Now to be clear, he didn’t really set out to create a non-profit, but to create an organization that helps kids with blindness live a more full life. Louie is blind and adventurous and felt he could make a difference by helping other kids facing some of the same things. It’s been awesome to watch

When I was 11 we got our first tandem bike (we're juggling a few right now). My parents were imagining nice family bike rides with one of them leading me on the front. As kids, my sister Carmella and I were not imagining the same thing. We were finally presented with a perfect opportunity to take it for a spin together, without parent supervision of course. However, we soon realized no matter how much we tried to lower the seat in the front, Carmella was just too short bei