Because I said I would is a 501(c)(3) a nonprofit dedicated to empowering people with resiliency skills and mental health habits to face the adversities of life. Because I said I would is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering people with resiliency skills and mental health habits to face the adversities of life. We achieve this mission through programs in schools, prisons and at our 92-acre camp in
central Ohio with families facing tragedies.
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FIRST POST TO THIS PAGE
Posted on September 5th, 2012:
"My dad died yesterday. The disease spread and took his life. I have been getting texts, facebook messages and wall posts all day and night from friends and family expressing their condolences.
“I’m so sorry, Alex.”
“I’m sorry for your loss.”
“I will keep you and your family in my thoughts.”
“I’m really sorry about your dad”
“I wish there was something I could do…”
“Whatever you need.”
My father was nothing outstanding. He wasn’t an award winning author. He never met the President. He never won a marathon. But what my dad did do was keep a promise. If he said he was going to do it, it would certainly be done. My dad wasn’t too fond of excuses. Too often we make promises, little and big, that we do not honor. A promise to your Dad. A promise to yourself. It becomes easy to say “I’ll get to it” or “tomorrow.”
I want to remember my Dad and the promises he kept. I want you to remember the promises that have you made.
“I wish there was something I could do…”
There is something you can do for me. It is something you should do you for yourself. Take a little promise in your life and keep it. Take a picture of it after you’ve kept your promise and tag it with this page. Fix that ceiling fan. Send the letter. Get the oil changed. Quit smoking. Dad, I love you very much. We miss you. I promise to find a way to remember you, because I said I would.
