I am indebted to a number of strong, confident, capable, women for some of the best things that have ever happened to me.
My wife, for a lifetime of love and two wonderful children. The first girl I ever kissed at age 12 who, with that act in front of a group of classmates, diverted the attentions of our predatory paedophile teacher. My first editor at a sports magazine who handed me a life-changing contract and the keys to the continent, setting a wonderful series of adventures in motion that continue to this day. A current editor at another client who revived my flagging confidence after a serious knee injury, casually assuring me in a moment of doubt with the words "I totally trust you." The resulting calendar photos were a huge success.
And I raise a daughter with every expectation that she will grow up in a world full of possibilties.