Written December 29th 2017: Christmas 2016 was the last time I was home before my dad died. I drove over 20 hours from Boston, half of it on a spare tire after I blew one out in Canada, the final stretch through a famous Upper-Michigan snowstorm from the Mackinac Bridge all the way home. After I got in and had been greeted by my mom, brother and herd of anxious Saint Bernard’s, I went downstairs …
SISU: a Finnish concept for special strength and persistant determination– an almost magical quality to be full of courage, tenacity, resolve, willpower and an indomitable spirit.
A Very Sisu Life 