{"id":3184,"date":"2015-08-27T01:52:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T01:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/?page_id=3184"},"modified":"2022-08-08T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T20:30:50","slug":"michaels-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/michaels-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;About Me&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||3px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; padding_top_bottom_link_2=&#8221;true&#8221; padding_left_right_link_2=&#8221;true&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px|-5px|auto||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;|10%||10%||true&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;100px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/michaelsrun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/michael.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;michael&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-60px|-50%||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;|0%||&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;5%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#f7f9fc&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|60px|40px|60px&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;40px|60px|40px|60px&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;|40px||40px||true&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; padding_phone=&#8221;|40px||40px||true&#8221; padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Playfair Display|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#152C23&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;63px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Playfair Display|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#152C23&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;63px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;500px&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;1080px&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;4px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;47px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;32px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>About Mike<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<iframe scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/c14b43a1-0f47-439e-8860-5490e72feadd\/episodes\/fa910ddf-475e-4ccb-9b8b-ee167c144eeb\/embed?wmode=opaque\" data-embed=\"true\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\"><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;12px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-24px||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Michael&#8217;s story was featured on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevanishedpodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Vanished Podcast<\/a><\/strong>. Listen to Michael&#8217;s story from the people who love him most.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jay Amico Wallace was born April 3rd, 1973 in Leominster, Massachusetts. He has been missing from his home in California since February of 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Michael is the third child of Angela (Amico) and Ralph Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>Mike spent his childhood in Leominster surrounded by a very large supportive family and close knit group of friends.\u00a0 He was president of his class, editor of the school newspaper and an all-star running back at Leominster High School. He was popular, successful, intelligent and talented. And at the age of 18, during his senior year, he was diagnosed with clinical depression.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of his family, Michael sought treatment immediately and had the best care and support available.\u00a0 He was courted by Ivy League schools and chose Harvard, majoring in organizational psychology and continuing to play football until an injury took him off the field.\u00a0 He graduated cum laude in 1995 and spent three years working in Cambridge, MA. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u2019s waves of depression came in cycles and often manifested itself in the cold winter months. In 1997 he moved to California, in part to escape this Seasonal Affective Disorder. He began working for SUN Microsystems.<\/p>\n<p>Well into his 20\u2032s, he could still be described as highly ambitious, eccentric, analytical, athletic and extremely passionate. But he felt that his depression drained him, and those around him, emotionally. Not only did he want to fix himself\u2026 he wanted to cure the world of this horrible illness and its stigma.<\/p>\n<p>After a series of painful events, including the sudden death of his father, a separation from his wife and loss of his job (which he was fighting in court), to name a few,\u00a0 Michael began slipping into another bought of depression.<\/p>\n<p>With no family immediately around him, Michael seemed more desperate than he had in the past.\u00a0 He was in therapy but had very few people that he felt could truly understand or\u00a0help.\u00a0 Talking to his family every day on the phone, he apologized for being a burden, even though we assured him he was not.\u00a0 He mentioned \u201cwalking away\u201d and taking on a new identity. 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