(A birthday hike to start the morning today) Or my (very) late 40s as better framing? I’m passing mile marker number 49 today and beginning my 50th trip around the sun. Wow. How did that happen? The last thing I remember was turning 40? The years of peak family and peak career tend to coincide…
We laid my mother, Barbara Eakman, to rest a year ago today. Her body lies together with my father and brother in Colleyville, just a few miles from where she raised our family. I’ve never been much for gravesites as all their memories live within me but I felt compelled to visit on a recent…
[UPDATE: This sold and closed in less than two weeks to a great new family joining the community at Colbert Boat Club] Selling nearly 45 years of fun, laughter, friendship, and family memories We’re selling our family lakehouse at 14 Bass Street just across the dam on the Oklahoma side of Lake Texoma. It’s easily…
It’s hard to write a post like this when your thoughts are jumbled. I suppose the ramblings below are meant to:– Acknowledge a challenging time and make a call to move past that period for me– Share gratitude for my family, partners, and friends that supported Barbara/me during this time The last three years have…
Today would have been my little brother’s 41st birthday and I will miss calling him to give him a proper ribbing. Jon, Jonny, Little Jon, or his trail name “Duke” unexpectedly left us last year just a few days following his 40th birthday on September 22nd. We’ve had almost a year now to reflect and…
Celebrating 4 Years of Boulder Living We closed on our house on June 2nd, 2015 and I left UTIMCO back in September of 2015, but we didn’t really arrive in Boulder until July 16th, 2016. This weekend marked 4 years of Boulder for our family. We’re happy to be here, just like in the picture…
We are left with a sense of deep sadness and loss for a brother and a son.
We are spending turkey week down at our family place on Lake Texoma. The house is located in the Red River Valley with rolling hills and Fall colors, the lake, the wildlife, and surrounding topography of rolling hills and forest giving way to farmland. These form a beautiful landscape that is as close to a…
I think I’ve got the fever. I woke up at 5AM on Saturday morning thinking obsessively about fundraising tips and tricks to share with my GPs. More on that later. My spinning wheels are a reflection of my last few days in SF. Michael Kim and SVB put together a great event focused on small…
Timing in Life is Key. When I was formally promoted to run the UTIMCO private markets group in 2007, it was clear to me that I had a big job for someone in their early 30’s. I was recently engaged, remodeling a house, and had my hands full running a large private portfolio. Life was…