Gie,

Let say this before anything, I love this letter. The way you wrote about something that causes me great pain to see such amazing people misunderstood or misrepresented is inspiring. I know how it feels to be misunderstood but on a different plane than what you’ve felt. These words you’ve shared prove that you are so much more than those…read more

Lauren,

Car rides are such a big thing for me. It is during a car ride where a lot of people see the person I am without all of the clouds blocking the way. The car holds for me one of the few places that I feel confident enough to show who I am at the ground level. Often confused for a concert hall, or a Broadway theater is my car. Singing songs…read more

Well the Tuba I played in concert band was a school owned instrument because they cost like 6 thousand dollars. I borrowed an instrument for jazz ensemble and my band director actually found some music that I played the tuba on for jazz ensemble too. After high school I turned to my voice as a means of being involved in music although I never was…read more

Shelley,

Hearing you say words in Yiddish last night brought out such a great memory. Years ago when I worked for the local newspaper I ate breakfast and some days lunch at local deli, Kravitz deli. The memories I have from there are endless. So much history was talked about there and a lot of people would say words I didn’t understand at the…read more

The other large impact he left on me was through his absolute honesty. Car salesman usually carry a bad reputation of saying anything to get a sale. Ralph never did that, in fact the biggest other sentiment I took into the sales career I have had was when he told me something so simple. “If you can’t sell it honestly, don’t sell it at all”, those…read more

Sade,

I had to fight back a few tears reading your letter just now. I don’t know that my words could ever replace the things you didn’t get to experience growing up. I grew up in a family of limited means so I connect to this on a slightly different level. There was always a wanting in my life. I saw the kids with the fancy sneakers in school…read more

Gerald,

Believe me sometimes it’s not easy to do. Others it’s outright essential to get through the emotion of the moment to survive. I’ve kept notebook companies in business through the years I’m sure. In my early 20s I could fill a 1 subject notebook inside 2 or 3 days. For the last several years I hadn’t written very much and it started to…read more

Thanks Lauren,

A lot of my feelings are very cyclic in nature and it seems almost like the moon phases.

Lately I’ve been embroiled in a lot of personal change and redefining what and who and how I allow things into my life. It’s been stressful to really explore the definitions I used to use and how in many cases, that they were holding me back.…read more

Allie,

Your letter is amazing. As is that incredible painting you have done. I have something in mind for you to paint if you are willing. I am sure that after a lot of hard work that you need a little break from something that big.

Whenever you are ready let me know and I will give you more info. I would love a painting done of a photo I took a…read more

John,

First things first, welcome to the community. I remember reading the letter that Lauren wrote with you.

The challenges you’ve faced are tough, but you’ve proven to be tougher. From the time I’ve spent on crutches I can feel for you in problems with mobility. I hurt my knee so badly in high school baseball that I was told I would never…read more

Jena,

This letter resonates deeply inside of me. I grew up in somewhat similar circumstances.

I felt this deep in my heart as my journey is very much like yours. My first counselor overly relied on medications and in the end I developed an addiction to Ativan. Battling that addiction was one of the toughest things I’ve ever encountered. When…read more

Lauren,

I’ve been here for the majority of your journey of creating The Unsealed and your hard work making it what it is today. Knowing where it found me, it is incredible what you’ve done. I know that at moments I can be incredibly difficult. You have through The Unsealed helped me reshape the person I am. A lot of the truth of my life isn’t…read more

Gerald,
Thanks for the kind words. I try to do a service with almost everything I do. Even the majority of car shows I attend have a charitable element to them. I went to one last year in Avon, Ohio that was being held at a minor league stadium. While the car show was going on, there was an active relay for life going on in the stadium. That day…read more