Always in your corner.
On New Year’s Eve 2014, my wife Rebecca went into respiratory failure from cystic fibrosis. Doctors gave her days to weeks. She is still here. Help us fight for a cure, so no one else has to fight this hard.
Thank you. The 2026 Cincinnati Great Strides walk was in May. Gifts are still open.
Where we stand
Updated this fall. The national team total includes the Xtreme Hike.
Great Strides
Raised by Team BeccaliciousCincinnati, 2026. Goal: .
National team and Xtreme Hike
Raised toward a goalIncludes from Team Beccalicious on the Palo Duro Canyon Xtreme Hike.
What’s a cornerman?
In the fighting world, the cornerman is the person who sits in your corner between rounds.
A good one knows his fighter: her strengths, her weaknesses, and how to get the best out of her. He sees the fight from an angle she can’t. But there is one thing a cornerman cannot do, and that is fight the fight for her.
I’ve been in Rebecca’s corner since we met at the University of Connecticut in 1998.
“I do not have cystic fibrosis and I cannot take away her pain, so the best I can do is to support her and be in her corner.”From the Preface of Lessons from a CF Cornerman
What happened
They told me Rebecca would never breathe on her own without a double lung transplant. Then they said she was too sick to qualify for one.
on a ventilator after respiratory failure on December 31, 2014. She spent 219 days in the hospital.
transplant hospitals said no, one after another, before the Pittsburgh program listed her.
In 2015, Rebecca received a double lung transplant at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Rebecca’s story was also featured in Woman’s World magazine on March 19, 2018. See the photos and the full timeline.
The book
Lessons from a CF Cornerman: 38 lessons I learned during my wife’s illness and lung transplant.
“His love for Rebecca is robust, his humor is refreshing, and his determination is incomparable.”Emily Schaller, founder and CEO, Rock CF
This week’s lesson
Every day may not be a good day, but recognize that it is good to have that day.