Frankly, Daryn, the fact that Tripod was with you for 17 years is a most amazing testament of love, adoration and all things miraculous and good on both parts, each to the other. How wonderful!
Your story, this subject, comments from others... br...
You're choking me up here, Jim... how incredible. And how privileged you all were to have her in your family. Only parent, son (gifted with HFA) just turned 9, and a Patch is who I'm waiting for to come to us.
Beautiful - Patch and your story.
In his almost 9 years, it's never seemed to cross my kid's mind to actually buy a present for a birthday party. He always knows what he wants to give as a gift, and it's always some treasure of his own. And no - it's never been at my behest.
Howe...
Growing up in Calgary, I spent every summer with relatives on The Farm. I learned a lot - Saskatchewan prairie farm, big family - you can imagine the size of the garden. So double that, and you'll have an idea of the potato patch, home to rows and...
Rather fond of Number 9 ... and 8 ... you appear more relaxed, comfortable - yourself - rather than posed. Of course, as a former newspaper editor, if I had to pick a shot, it would definitely be the one with you and two young boys in the pool, sh...
Two favorite offerings:
Faith is the bird that sings while the dawn is still dark. - Rabindranath Tagore
and
The question is not what you look at but what you see. - Henry David Thoreau
That continues to depend on the person, for myriad reasons that I recognize are about their choices in this life ... The friend who named me (and with partner, also won the Name the Baby Contest I held over my answering machine) had absolutely no ...
Well ... I have changed my name - sort of.
Almost 15 years ago, I had another of those traumatic life experiences. It was akin to that straw that broke the camel's back - except that I wasn't a camel, and what broke was in desperate need of breaki...
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Thanks Mary! I'm thinking during these stressful days one might find peace and satisfaction in their own life by doing something small but helpful for someone else and everyone wins.
THE VOLUNTEERS OF STORY COUNTY, AMES IOWA ARE AT IT AGAIN...DOING GOOD WORK!
On October 31, November 9, and November 21 Story County volunteers made their neighbors' homes warmer, their neighborhoods cleaner, and the Thanksgiving holiday brighter...
Sorry it has taken so long to get back! Well the weather finally cooperated and allowed all of the coordinated efforts to come together. I have to thank from the bottom of my heart everyone that made donations and that showed up at my folks house ...
I love my pet finches, Darwin and Daryn. I rescued and raised them when they were babies. They were nearly dead when I found them. The only reason I knew they were alive was because I saw their feet twitch ever so slightly. These two birds have...
Shoes - shoes is the title for a blog post? Yes it is when you are a polio and post polio survivor who is going to Lincoln Center tomorrow night for the End Polio Now benefit concert. In the world I grew up in - Westchester County, NY, a suburb of...