I work a lot of conferences in May and June. One of my favorite is the Kentucky Bar Association because of the speakers they bring. This year the Bar had former Bush Administration Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, talking about the legal events surrounding 9-11. This year's line up also included attorney's Ted Olson and David Boies, who worked against each other during Gore vs. Bush in 2000, but came together, representing Proposition 8, winning in the recent Supreme Court decision that struck down DOMA.

This was my first year covering the Special Olympics state tournament in Richmond for Touchstone Energy. It's easy to take an event like this for granted, but this was truly a highlight-of-the-year for some of these folks. Natalie and I briefly kept her special needs brother this spring. I realized during that time how easy it is to take for granted the things that we do routinely everyday, until you have to help someone else do those same simple tasks. The Special Olympics came on the heals that experience, and was good timing for me and my point-of-view on life. It gave me a whole new appreciation for people with special needs.