02/17/2026
🎇🎇It’s Murder Board Reveal Day!🎇🎇
But let me tell you a story. Buckle Up if you have a moment.
On Christmas Eve, I found an envelope in my office that had a riddle and a set of coordinates. I was then told that for the next 9 weeks, I would be given clues, riddles, coordinates, and random items that all pertain to my birthday gift from the team.
The last two months have been filled with many laughs of me trying to figure out this gift. I knew that I was going somewhere because they blocked my schedule. I told Molly, the gift is the effort they put into this. They could give me a day off and send me to Kwik Trip and I would be pumped.
There were funny gifts, serious gifts, math equations, and many hours spent putting this together for me. Among many wonderful items were many personalized gifts. The recurring theme was “Stay gold.” This team put so much thought into this…I’m in awe. Goldfish, golden grahams, gold candy, gold candles, gold metal flour. A gold keychain that says “Stay gold.” The necklace was among the most meaningful. It’s a gold pendant that says “Stay gold” on the front, and “The Real Heal Team” on the back. It's in the picture below.
Today was my reveal day. We brought out my murder board and we opened some sparkling wine. The team is sending me to Chicago to see the Broadway play “The Outsiders,” and I couldn’t be more excited! The Outsiders is my favorite book of all time. They gave me two copies of the book today: one a custom bound book, and one a theater edition. I also got one special edition book last week with a shirt that says “Stay Gold.” Guys...the amount of effort they put into this…..I can’t even begin to describe how much it means. They even got me a basket of road snacks complete with stale popcorn! Jason was trying to video, but ended up taking 2 pictures of the whole thing: Start and Stop. 😄
To the patients that helped, you are wonderful. You have all been invested in this just like me. This has been the absolute best. Thank you for helping me with the clues. You have watched me do math, ask you about themes, you have sat with me to help piece this together in front of the murder board. You are all wonderful
The moral of the story. I’m a kid with a dream. But the dream only is a dream unless you go after it. And you can only go after it if you have a team of people by your side. This team…they are the absolute best. If you get a chance, come see them for yourself. If you are lucky enough to be with them, you’ll see what I mean. They are The Real Heal team, and they are the dream.
