Category: tribute
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Ten years of marriage
I proposed to Chelsea when I was seventeen. She said yes. A month later, my head went through a windshield. Despite the…
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Engineers, Evangelicals, and Texas Roadhouse
My wife’s birthday is exactly one week after mine (i.e., January 27, February 3). We celebrated our birthdays a couple weekends ago…
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Him Continuing Me
I’ve been thinking about a journey, The one beneath the story told— Not the tale you think you know. The one that’s…
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Clearly on the Edge
Something strange has been happening inside of me. Or maybe “strange” isn’t the right word. “New” is the better descriptor. I feel…
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From Patient to Practitioner to Peer
I taught the people who saved my life today. Not a motivational speech. Not a “look how far I’ve come” recovery story.…
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More Than What We Do: ABA Keynote (Video + Transcript)
There are some moments in life you never—ever—expect to happen. This is one of those moments… This keynote happened at the convergence…
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From Local Coffeehouse to National Keynote: One Year With ‘Saving the Subject’
A year ago today my first book, Saving the Subject: How I Found You When I Almost Lost Me, was published. I…
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9 Years of Marriage
9 years today, babe. so much for me to say i didn’t know what I was doing i didn’t know who I…
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What Remains: 67 Lives and the Wake-Up Call We Didn’t Expect
Tragedy has a way of stopping time. One moment, the world hums along as usual. The next, we are forced to confront…
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Full Circle Moment: Fathauer’s Book Signing Event at CNHS (Video/Photo)
September 18, 2024, marked a full-circle moment in my life. I returned to Columbus North High School, exactly nine years after a…