Good morning from St. Moritz. I’m actually in Pontresina just outside of St. Moritz. I have been coming here with my friends for over 20 years. Even though I don’t know how to ski, I absolutely love taking long walks through the forest with my dear friend Annalisa whose birthday we are here to celebrate.

On to what I wanted to talk about today. I have this word moonshot. rumbling through the back of my mind. It has to do with the news this past week. Maria Shriver was kind of everywhere talking about her tenacious advocacy for more information and more concerted effort to focus on women in many different aspects of medical research. Anyway, this word moonshot kept coming up in the news and I’m thinking about it for a couple of different reasons. First and foremost, I’ve talked in the past about my longing to be working on something that feels important or bigger than me. Some sort of legacy contribution. It’s a longing I have, and I’ll admit to a little bit of envy for people who do have that in their lives.

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