Aug 13, 2003

It was on this day that my life would be forever changed. I got the phone call from my mother half way around the world that my only brother was dead. I asked her how that could be and she then told me that he committed suicide. I couldn't believe what I was hearing and I think I went into shock I remember screaming "NOOOOOO" and falling to the ground. i don't recall much after that other than it takes 1 week to get home in an emergency situation from Japan. I said my goodbyes to my friends that I had made over the past 4 years and boarded the plane with my two children in tow leaving behind my now ex-husband and we set off for Vermont. We would be reunited with my family after years of not seeing them and we would bring my brother home to be buried amongst his family. Eddie Vedder Say's it best in Yellow Ledbetter " Will it be in a box or a bag" My brother came home in a box. This is the beginning of my journey to living a Spirited life and starting my business.