The Global Achievers Issue 3/2021 | Page 9

riding bikes, hiking, fishing or whatever is up next gives me so much joy.  Nature pulls me back and forces me “downtime” that I don’t usually allot myself.  I find solace in staring into the warm campfire at night as it clears my busy mind. The memories we create as a family are priceless on these campouts.

Question 7:  Tell us about a time when you didn’t know if you would make it.

When I woke up in the emergency room with my mother hovering over me in tears and she told me I had just killed somebody in a car wreck.  My gurney was like quicksand engulfing me and squeezing