Mitch Albom's Blog, page 31

GLENDALE, Ariz. – They were one yard away — and then it burst. The magic bubble that Seattle had been living under, the immortal elixir it had been drinking, the string of amazing finishes, the incredible touch of Russell Wilson and decision making of Pete Carroll, the karma that seemed destined to take the Seahawks to a second-straight NFL title — it all ended in a blink, on the most unlikely of plays, a forced pass by Wilson with just 20 seconds left that was snatched at the goal line by New England rookie Malcolm Butler.

"I put the blame on me," Wilson would tell the media.

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Words of Wisdom
We are all connected. You can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind. - @[12835467569:274:Mitch Albom]
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Announced some big news yesterday. Really proud of what we'll accomplish together, and I hope you'll check out www.saydetroitplaycenter.org

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SAY Detroit

S.A.Y. Detroit is teaming up with , Lions QB Matthew Stafford and the City of Detroit to repair and refurbish a closed rec center in Detroit to create the S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center. It will house a sports and academic program that serves the academic, social and physical fitness needs of under-served youth in Detroit. Academic facilities will include a library, tutoring center, and a music room built by . Check out www.saydetroitplaycenter.org for the details.

Over the years in this space, I have, occasionally, written about my mother.

I once wrote a Halloween column on how she made me the Mummy. (She wrapped me in toilet paper, which was fine until it started raining.)

I wrote about how she marched me into the library after a librarian had told me "that book's too hard for you" and my mother yelled, "Never tell a child something is too hard for him! And never THIS child!"

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My beautiful and beloved mother, Rhoda Albom, passed away over the weekend. Her funeral was Tuesday. Everything I am, I am because of her. There was no one like her, and no one who didn’t like her. She endured horrible losses in her life, and sewed her heart back together every time. She gave us the gift of conversation, of breaking the mold, of believing in ourselves, and of knowing, above all else, that we had a loving embrace to fall back into, no matter where we roamed.

She called me “Mitchie.” She held my arm when we walked. She talked to me for hours when I was a boy, leaning against her bed, never too tired, never too late. Although strokes left her silent the last four years, her voice is forever inside me, and her humor, insight and wisdom are in any story I tell. She is the real mother behind "For One More Day", but nothing I write could come close to the rainbow she was.

She shared her light and her tireless heart with all who knew her. She and my father were everyone’s example of what a marriage should be. Getting used to a world without her in it will be very hard.

Thank you all for the kind words that have been sent, even though I have been too heartbroken to respond to most. Time and her loving memory will get us back on our feet.

#TheFivePeopleYouMeetinHeaven

Wanted to share this story someone sent me yesterday: http://www.today.com/parents/balloon-letter-heaven-answered-kind-strangers-1D80424933 . Am humbled and inspired by the meaning Lisa took from reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven. I wrote it as a tribute to my uncle Eddie, who died feeling he wasn’t important, who didn’t see how special he was to us, just being a good man and loving friend. It’s a nod of the cap to the real people of this world, the ones who never get their name in lights but pay it forward every day. No matter who you are, where you live, how you live, you touch somebody, and by virtue of that, that somebody touches somebody else…no life sits by itself. I hope we all can find a way to pay it forward today. I know I will. #everydaymiracles #payitforward


Dear Dad: Girl's 'letter to heaven' gets an amazing answer
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When 16-year-old Ashlynn Marracino released a balloon in memory of her late father, she asked him to send her a sign. What happened next...

In December, I interviewed Mallory Brown, founder of

Today is the fifth anniversary of the devastating earthquake that ravaged Haiti. Some things have started to get better, and yet so much hasn't changed at all. Have Faith #Haiti Mission is doing its part: I hope you'll check out this update from

Working with Haiti's orphans: Smiles make it worthwhile
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For five years, author Mitch Albom has been working to help children orphaned after a devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. He writes about that effort here.

Mitch Albom is nationally known sportswriter; columnist for the Detroit Free Press; author of Tuesdays With Morrie, The Five People you Meet in Heaven and other best-selling books; TV and radio personality; and philanthropist. For the past five years, he has been working to help children orphaned after a devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. He writes about that effort here.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The woman in the chair had a small child sleeping in her lap. She had come to give him away.

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