03/30/2026
Monday to Saturday… I don’t think my brain will ever fully understand how both of these things can exist in the same week.
On Monday, we were loading my son, Griff, into an ambulance and then onto a LifeFlight helicopter to Birmingham because he was bleeding - more than anyone was comfortable with - after a surgery the week before. It was one of those moments where everything goes quiet and loud at the same time, and you realize just how little control you actually have. I don’t think I breathed right again until we knew he was okay.
And then Saturday … he’s riding his bike, eating ice cream, laughing, acting like the world is exactly as it should be.
Meanwhile, I’m still standing somewhere back on that helipad trying to catch up.
I also want to say thank you - truly - to my incredible clients, colleagues, and the judges I regularly appear before. Your grace, flexibility, and understanding allowed me to be exactly where I needed to be this week. That kind of professionalism and humanity does not go unnoticed, and I am deeply grateful for it.
It’s a new week, and I am back in the office working on catching up. Thank you for your patience as I get everything back on track.
I don’t have a clean way to wrap this up except to say I am so, so thankful. Thankful for the people who showed up, for the hands that took care of him, for the prayers that carried us through, and for this wild, resilient little boy who just keeps going like nothing ever happened.
I’m still processing it all… but today I get to watch him be okay. And that’s everything. 🩵
