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Fox on the Beach – Purposeful Moments – Months After 9/11, an October Miracle – October 22, 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.10.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.10.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.10.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] What was standard, was not anymore. No two memorial services were the same. Few bodies had been recovered. Families had memorial services only, wake services in funeral homes, but without a body. My sister and brother-in-law decided to do that…
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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ hover_enabled=”0″] He struggled to lift his arm and place his hand over my badge. At about three o’clock in the morning, I decided to visit him in the hospital. He was seventy-nine years old and he would die in three hours. I was on my way…
Read More“Uncle Joe, that’s awesome!”
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ collapsed=”on”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.5.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.5.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] On the morning of September 12, 2001, having had a couple of hours sleep, I woke up and put my uniform on and went straight to a memorial service that then…
Read MoreBigger Than We Are?
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.3″ z_index_tablet=”500″] A flashlight, darkened room, and my adorable granddaughter Lia! My thoughts on this photo? Aren’t we all so much “bigger” than we think we are? Isn’t our impact more than we know? Just take for example how Lia – and all of…
Read MoreGratitude on My Birthday
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2.2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.2.2″ type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2.2″ hover_enabled=”0″ admin_label=”Text”] Some thoughts on gratitude. Please check out this video that I did on my 63rd birthday. And for that alone, I am appreciative. [/et_pb_text][et_pb_video _builder_version=”4.2.2″ src=”http://rockaworkspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_0316.mov” hover_enabled=”0″ admin_label=”Video”][/et_pb_video][et_pb_testimonial _builder_version=”4.2.2″ author=”Joe Fox” hover_enabled=”0″] Live in a state of gratitude, and you’ll never want. Live in a state…
Read MoreUncle” Louie Schlifstein, one of my guiding lights in life
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_video src=”http://rockaworkspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0085.mp4″ _builder_version=”4.2.2″][/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2.2″ hover_enabled=”0″ z_index_tablet=”500″] About my Uncle Louie. He is not a blood relative, but my sisters and I grew up calling him “Uncle Louie.” Louie was an NYPD sergeant and he retired in 1961. My father, a 71 Precinct cop from 1943…
Read MoreLegacy Through the Generations
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