Attitude is Everything
This is my dad, Dave Dornbush, inventor, entrepreneur, enthusiast, business man, family man, lover of life. Perfect? No. Inspired? Undeniably. If you were a fly on the wall of my childhood home, you would have heard him continually reminding us that, "Attitude is Everything". It was one of his trademark phrases. My brothers and sisters and I remember this fondly, although at the time I am sure an occasional eye roll or audible sigh followed it's mention. At the age of 56, he was diagnosed with stage four liver cancer and passed away 2 months later. I was serving an 18 month religious mission in Brazil at the time. My little brother (12 years younger than me) was only 9. My mother had just won an election to become a member of our city council with my father as her biggest supporter and campaign manager. My sister was 8 months pregnant with his 3rd grandchild. We were devastated. I'm sure you are familiar with the famous, "Is this glass half empty or half full...