Fascination Street

Joe Lafferty (Rest In Peace) Roughly 3 years ago Joe Lafferty reached out to me to see about being a guest on my show.He is the author of Justin Time: A Memoir of Faith and The Fight For Life; and he wanted me to read it before coming on the show, so he sent it to me.By the time I finished the book and our schedules allowed recording an interview; nearly a year had passed. When the interview was completed; it was almost 2 hours long. We talked for another hour after that.At the end of that 3-hour conversation; Joe told me that we would be friends. As a matter of fact; his exact words were, “We are either going to be friends, or you’re going to change your phone number”.Then he asked if I would mind being added to his list of morning texts; where he sends texts and inspirational messages every morning to a few friends, and people that are important to him. Of course, I said yes.Since Joe was an hour ahead of me; his was the very first text I received EVERY SINGLE DAY. His words of inspiration and faith were my