On November 14th 2008 I was returning home from a three day business trip. I boarded the plane exhausted and thinking about nothing but sleeping the whole way home. While waiting to take off I asked my seat mate the perfunctory “so are you headed home today?” The answer to this question allows me to … [Read more...]
My Dad
Yesterday the world lost yet another member of the 'greatest generation.' My Dad, Fred Raffel passed away peacefully after almost six years living with multiple myeloma. Dad was born in Chicago, but moved to Milwaukee where my Grandparents opened a furniture store in the height of the … [Read more...]