Jed Mingo Interview

Keep on truckin'

As many of you know, we lost a person who was instrumental in the building of Team Solitaire recently. Jed Mingo embodied the very essence of Team Solitaire - the D.I.Y. attitude, the easygoing demeanor, the idea that life was not just about the end result but about the ride. I thought about giving up on Team Solitaire many times in my life - more recently than ever before. The turbulence, failures, long nights and seemingly impossible crests that we try to climb can overwhelm me. Very few people believed in me and the team the way that Jed did. He was always a voice of reason and gave me a perspective on things that even though I may not always succeed in my own eyes, that other people see it as success. It's a perspective that I am now trying to adopt.

I am not a glass is half empty person - never will be. Although I will miss having Jed for many, many reason, I will celebrate the life he lived and the affect he had on my life, the team, his friends, family and anyone he ever touched.

RC