My mom loved pens and was always buying them. She grew up in a time when we wrote to one another, when two people would have long and meaningful correspondence with one another.  You could get to know a person writing to them, update them on life's biggest biggest moments putting pen to paper, or fall more in love with them with every lick of a stamp. Can you imagine such a thing today?  

A few weeks ago I was invited to The Incubator studio at Atlanta Tech Village. I sat down with hosts Ashley Staggs and Todd Schnick to talk about The Care Card (previously called The Memory Kit)- the inspiration behind it and its mission to help all those who are struggling with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. 

45 years ago today my dad, John Gray, began his career at CBS Television in Chicago. It was the beginning of a great 32 year run - from the Windy City to the Big Apple and back (twice), and then out to Television City in Hollywood.  He started as an account executive and retired 13 years ago as a Senior Vice President.  (Slacker). 

On a sunny spring day in May of last year those near and dear to my mom, Molly Gray, came together at the Chateau Marmont Hotel to celebrate her life and legacy.  It was an informal gathering on the lawn where anyone who wanted to share a memory could take the mic and pay tribute to a life so brilliantly lived.