The Cardinal’s Promise

A Memoir by Rob Brizzi

The Cardinal’s Promise

A story about showing up.

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For Hope — my inspiration and encourager,
the reason this story is being told.

Fifteen days after my father died, a red cardinal landed on my car mirror on the morning of my seventeenth year of sobriety.

A memoir of adoption, addiction, recovery, and the man who chose me when he didn’t have to.

The Promise

Seventeen.

I won the county wrestling championship at seventeen.
The cardinal came on my seventeenth year of sober.

Lou was there for both. He drove me to wrestling tournaments. He drove me to rehab. He showed up for every fight I needed someone to show up for.

He showed up. I’m writing this so other people will too.

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The opening of The Cardinal’s Promise. A cardinal on a car mirror. Fifteen days after Lou died. Seventeen years sober.

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Who This Book Is For

For the adoptee who never met the woman who gave them up.

For the addict still counting days.

For the family in the hospice room who doesn’t know what to say.

For anyone who lost a father and is trying to figure out what to do with that.

This book is for you.

“Love the Brizzi family.”

— Quint Studer
WSJ Bestselling Author · Founder, Studer Group

This is not a call to perfection. Rob is the first to tell you he is a work in progress, moving closer every day to the man he was designed to be. But it is a call to show up for the people who are yours to love, with everything you have.

This book will help you do exactly that. I am grateful it exists, and I am grateful you are holding it.

Sincerely,
Dave Meyer
Foreword writer · Big East Champion · Former NFL Quarterback

About the Author

Rob Brizzi

Rob Brizzi was born Claudio in Mexico City and adopted by Lou Brizzi in 1986. He grew up in West Paterson, New Jersey.

He wrestled at Ramsey High School and at Miami University. He won the county championship at seventeen.

He got sober on January 9, 2009.

He works in hospice. He sits with people at the end of their lives and helps families find the words.

He lives in North Carolina with his wife Hope, a chihuahua named Nola, and a corgi named Remi.

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