THANK YOU KUNG-FU IS COMPLETEY FUNDED!
I am a complete mess right now! Tears and laughter and sniffles and text messages flying all over the place! I have no idea what I'm even feeling! I shot a video of me thanking all of you, but it's laced with so many tears I don't think I can post it and still call myself a man!
First off, thanks to Jason Murray, the final contributor who put me over the top! And thanks to Gorilla, who put together an insane campaign video and helped with such a large contribution, when was that, YESTERDAY?
But even more, thanks to ALL OF YOU! I am honestly stunned this actually happened. I knew the physical cost of the time it would take to write this book, but was warned by so many people that $40,000 was too much. But I had to trust my gut and ask you for what was appropriate for me. If it didn't happen, it didn't happen. But knowing this funded campaign just happened, I am so pleased to know my wife Lori, and our two girls, Marian and Viola, will be properly taken care in the following months. YOU have given that comfort to me.
I get the idea that you helped me create the time to write a book. Sure. But it's so much more than that. This story, Thank You Kung Fu, carries the weight of what I felt when I was ten years old. When I was given a glimpse of what my future may hold. You have taken part, first hand, in what I truly believe is a miracle from God. I know it surely feels that way to me right now.
This story will carry the weight of who my girls will one day remember as their father. It carries the weight of properly capturing the unbelievable and miraculous circumstances that landed Lori and I together. It carries the weight of my journey through this horrible battle with cancer. But at the end of the day, I truly hope there is something in there for you and the inevitable struggles you have or may one day encounter.
Cheers to you my friends. I don't know what else to say other than I love all of you who have chosen to walk this road with me, knowing full well it is a long and narrow road.
All of my love.