HOW I UNWITTINGLY PENNED MY WAY INTO THE HEART OF AN EPIC LOVE STORY WHILE WRITING THOUSANDS OF LOVE NOTES TO AMERICA’S HEROES
NYPD Mounted Unit—Christmas in Central Park, New York 2017
Making it okay for those who make it okay
What began as a means to save ourselves from our own worst fears, Mom and I found our way into the hearts and hands of our front-line heroes. Our purpose was handed to us in the shape of an envelope, a simple paper container with a sealable flap that holds hope for our everyday heroes. As it turned out, a life of stationery was my destiny, not a stationary life. And it all began on the heels of a broken heart.
I have held combat veterans from every war—World War II to Korean to Vietnam to Iraq.
I lost my mother to cancer in October of 2017, but I found a new family of first responders.