Closer By The Mile

PMC road crew lifts event, rain or shine

By Ken / August 5, 2014 /

So many of us find it hard to step out of the whirl and go beyond ourselves. In an age of Instagrams and streaming Twitter updates, people seem too busy to call even when something’s gone terribly wrong. They might text instead. It becomes harder to pause, and finding solace eludes us.   At least…

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Excerpt: Closer By The Mile

By Ken / May 7, 2013 /

Here is a sample from Closer By The Mile, the story of the Pan-Mass Challenge bike-a-thon for cancer research, published in 2013: One day Sandy Fitzgerald was out walking with her amber-eyed granddaughter. She asked Hannah: “Do you think we’ll ever take life for granted again?” “Grandma, never,” she said. “Never, ever.” When she was…

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