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Baby/Geniuses
Good news of great joy. A very special baby arrived on this day (1 am.) Welcome to our world, Miss Maisy Imogen Adams! Isn’t she lovely? I feel she deserves a special mention on this blog because she belongs to Chris and Erin Adams, who have been such a close part of Vernon’s recovery journey from…
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Moving Day
What a privilege to have so many hands helping us with our move. Some were close friends and some just willing volunteers, who heard we needed a hand. It was remarkable: I counted at least 18 people that showed up between the two houses. We only moved two blocks away, but still, there was quite a…
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Week 32
As I was not able to visit Vernon today, some of his other friends brought him company. Our dear friends Joe and Nancy Severson and Sandy Hazen, who have already visited on numerous occasions, sent me pictures of their time together. Sandy must have been taking them, as she isn’t showing up in these. (Sandy, by…
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HNY
I wish I had more to report from my visit with Vernon today, but since he was a little sick (a bit of cold an nausea, nothing serious, just uncomfortable) I can only say that he handles these things with a newfound gentlemanly flair. No, its not newfound… more like amplified. I love it, though…
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The Man Drawer
I don’t have much time to write tonight as I’m busy packing up our house. I had the option of staying in this house a little longer or moving in to the new one a little sooner, and in the end I decided though it would be best to just made a mad dash of it…
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Fresh Conversation
“A person isn’t who they are during the last conversation you had with them – they’re who they’ve been throughout your whole relationship.” Ranier Maria Rilke I love talking with Vernon, and I think he likes talking with me. But he really loves it these days when someone else comes to visit. Fresh conversation, among other things.…
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A Family Christmas
The best Christmas present for me this year? My brother Hyatt and his wife Nicole and their four kiddos coming down from Palo Alto for Christmas (and the several days around it.) They could have made a special Christmas for themselves in the comfort of their own home amongst their dearest friends but they decided to…
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Do They Know It’s Christmas?
I was asked to do a little voice-over for a friend’s budding ministry at the church this morning. It focuses on committing to ‘intentional acts of kindness’ in the local community throughout the coming year. This could be anything like taking in the neighbors rubbish bins to reaching out to the homeless. I won’t list all…
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From a Four-year-old Photojournalist
“As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has–or ever will have–something inside that is unique to all time. It’s our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and…
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Home
“Home is the nicest word there is.” —Laura Ingalls Wilder I have been so busy tying up loose ends (and trying to untie some knots) before the end of the year that I nearly forgot to mention our good news. We found a house to rent…starting mid-January. Plenty of time to enjoy the piece of mind before…