Last weekend I was in Austin, Texas for a meeting. I’m on the Board of the Idaho Housing and Finance Association and this was a national meeting. During the trip to Austin, I was thinking of all the travel I used to do professionally. I was the CEO of the Idaho Association of Realtors®️, the lobbyist and a vice president at Boise State University, and the director of the Associated General Contractors in Idaho. With those jobs I also traveled throughout the state and the Northwest. That means from 1984 until January 10, 2012 I traveled extensively for work: Hundreds of flights, airports, conference rooms, and hotel rooms. One morning in Austin, I laid out my travel bag with items such as a razor and a toothbrush. I was struck about those ordinary items that are used to take for granted. In the hospital right after my massive stroke, my therapists patiently made me name those items. For toiletry items, I had to figure out how to use them. It was incredibly humbling and perp...
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