“Death’s a fierce meadowlark - but to die having made something more equal to the centuries than muscle and bone, is mostly to shed weakness.” - Robinson Jeffers ~ excerpt from Wise Men In Their Bad Hours
“I am determined to continue to be his voice and carry on his message. Through him I have learned that with truth comes freedom, with confidence comes courage, with priority comes real life. Start now, because in the end, your life should have been about living, not just existing.” ….excerpt from the “Note From Carine” page on this website
My brother’s life story is a very powerful one. I am reminded of that every day through correspondence I receive from individuals all over this world. Of course, his life also made an incredible impact on my own….and on my journey that followed into a life without him. Still, I constantly feel his presence and that will never leave me. This site is my way to, after almost twenty years, open up to all of that. Through my writing, speaking presentations and charitable efforts, I work to honor him while continuing to develop my own path and appreciate the influence it might have on others.
My most valuable assets are my children. My most important job is to do all that I can to leave this world a better place than how I found it, and to teach them to do the same. Chris would have been an amazing Uncle. They know of him, and love him, and learn from him still, and for that I am grateful to all of you that keep his memory alive.
Chris was not trying to effect change on any one, yet he has done so for so many, without intent. His modesty would not quite believe it, but I know that it would please him. His basic philosophy on the simplicity of life in its purest form ~ be good to each other, be honest, be pure in your intent in all that you do, make yourself happy, really live your life…my hope is for a future where those traits in mankind are not so remarkable.
