There are limits to what I can say about this particular matter, and I intend to respect them.
I can tell you that I've spent enough time around government, legislation, and the legal system to understand that certain things simply don't happen.
Or, more accurately, they're not supposed to happen.
Then there's Morgan Ormsby and Impossible Possible.
I remember a complicated situation involving Virginia law. There were legal obstacles, procedural requirements, and a number of people who were quite confident that what Morgan was trying to accomplish couldn't be done.
Morgan apparently took that as a challenge.
I won't describe the legal strategy or the circumstances that made it necessary. Those details aren't mine to share.
But I distinctly remember three things.
The Yellow Pages.
Not an expensive legal research service. Not a team of consultants.
The Yellow Pages.
I remember watching Morgan search through telephone listings, looking for someone who could help accomplish something that everyone else had already dismissed.
The living room.
At one point, there was an actual ceremony taking place in someone's living room.
Not a courthouse. Not a government building.
A living room.
And, because apparently the circumstances weren't unusual enough already, there was a golden retriever barking from one of the bedrooms.
A very friendly golden retriever, as it happens.
He apparently just wanted to be included.
I remember that dog quite clearly.
I also remember thinking that I had never seen anything quite like what was happening.
And then there was the Virginia General Assembly.
What began as an individual legal problem ultimately became a matter that reached the state legislature.
Again, I'm going to be careful about what I say. There are details of this story that I am neither authorized nor inclined to discuss publicly.
But I can say this:
Morgan and Impossible Possible identified a path through a situation that experienced people believed had no workable solution.
It involved understanding the law, recognizing an opportunity that others had overlooked, and having the persistence to follow that opportunity wherever it led.
I have encountered plenty of people and organizations who describe themselves as creative problem-solvers.
Morgan and Impossible Possible are different.
They don't seem particularly interested in whether a solution is conventional, impressive, or something anyone has tried before.
They want to know whether it will work.
And I suspect that's why I still remember this case.
Not because of the legal complexity.
Not even because of the legislature.
I remember someone searching through the Yellow Pages, a ceremony in a living room, and a very friendly golden retriever who desperately wanted to join the festivities.
Somehow, all of it mattered.
I've never forgotten it.
If Morgan and Impossible Possible tell you there's another way to solve your problem, I'd suggest you hear them out.
You may find yourself somewhere you never expected.
Possibly making friends with a golden retriever.
Name and official capacity withheld for confidentiality.
