My cousin Kirby Brown would have been 40 years old today. Kirby, the most giving person I ever met, died because she was doing something out of character – taking time for herself, seeking a better version of herself. Her death came because, in her seeking for something bigger than herself, she chose the wrong [...]
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We’ve all done it. You open the fridge, look around, as if you didn’t know what was in there, much less exactly where it was located. You may or may not be hungry, but you stare for a good 10 or 15 seconds and then go back to the nothing you were just doing. How [...]
We all know that it’s a small world. But certain people have a way of making it even smaller, miniscule even. My cousin Kirby was one of those people. Not only had Kirby seen the world, she talked to everybody. Not in that annoying busybody way. In a way that made you think she cared [...]
I recently decided to turn my life upside down, chase a dream (or a calling) and head west. My destination was Arizona to research and write about the death of my cousin, Kirby Brown. Because things in life aren’t tidy and neat and rarely happen on schedule, that trip was delayed and complicated (of course [...]
“The world is a wonderful jigsaw puzzle, best viewed not as one picture but 1,000 individual, interlocking pieces that are all beautiful, but together are majestic.” ~ Me I know what you’re thinking: One of two things. 1. My God, what a beautiful sentiment 2. Shut the hell up, Tom Frankly I hope it’s number [...]
