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The Day Stigma Ends

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I’m always eager to testify or speak on Capitol Hill about the need for mental health care reform. Last week, Reps. Grace F. Napolitano (Ca-38 District) and Timothy F. Murphy (PA-18 District) invited five speakers to talk at a briefing sponsored by the Congressional Mental Health Caucus, which they co-chair.

Members of Congress don’t  show-up at briefings very often — at least the ones that I’ve participated in. When they do, they generally only stick around long enough to make a statement. After that, they move on to another event.  That’s fine because the most important faces at a congressional briefing are the legislative staff members. They’re the ones who actually draft legislation.Click to continue…

New Website Changes and Updates

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It was around this time last year that I helped my dad, Pete, launch this redesign of his site with the big addition of a blog. Since then, it has grown to become a great outlet for my dad to express himself and a source of knowledge and insight for others and I am happy about that. However, the website has been getting “old” in the fast times of the internet and it was time to implement some changes that went live last night/today:

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A Mid-Week Treat

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This month, my son, Evan, graduated from Virginia Tech and is now pursuing a career in film. He already has worked on the camera side of six independent movies.

And my daughter, Kathy, earned her law  degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore. The speaker at Kathy’s graduation read this poem.  I’d not heard it before and want to share it with you.

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A New Website!

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Welcome to my redesigned website and my very first blog entry!

This new design was completed by Tony and Evan, two of my five sons. My original site was created by Tony and a friend, Ryan, nearly a decade ago when they were both in high school. (Yep, they were teenagers when they created it!)  During the past several years, Tony has revised my site and added many new features. But this is the first complete overhaul.

I love it and hope you do too!

One of the improvements is the addition of this blog. Evan, who graduates this year from Virginia Tech, has warned me that blogs should not be diaries. Instead, they should be used to share useful information. I’ll be following Evan’s advice in the coming days by posting some personal items, but mostly writing about mental health, espionage, publishing, and the joy and frustration of being an author.

Although Evan and Tony, who now is a commercial real estate appraiser in Fairfax County, didn’t believe it was still necessary, I am keeping my original guestbook – which now can be found under the title: FEEDBACK . I want readers to be able to sign in and leave comments.

I’ll start posting blog entries on Monday, January 4th, and am planning on putting a new entry on the blog every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Thanks for visiting and for your support.

Now let’s get started.