Sunday, January 31, 2010

Melinda update

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Our friend Melinda will undergo brain surgery again Monday morning at 7. She has recovered well since the Jan. 18 surgery, but the post-sur...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Answered calling

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I'm learning that throughout the grief process there are multiple moments of clarity. It would be impossible, thankfully, for our hearts...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Back to the service

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Someone gently reminded me tonight that Steve's memorial service hasn't been completely posted to the blog. I was thankful for the r...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Little bit of Germany

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We made a big step last night. Cooper, Katie and I returned to one of our favorite restaurants -- Bavarian Grill in Plano. We've never ...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

Prayers for Melinda

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One of our many unsung heroes is Melinda. During Steve's battle with cancer, she took excellent care of us -- bringing meals to our home...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Little things

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On the way to preschool this morning, Katie and I heard emergency vehicle sirens. Katie asked what was wrong. I told her that I didn't k...
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Flashback

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A few days ago I wrote about the first New Year's Eve without Steve. Dear friend Karen, who has endured all kinds of drama with me sinc...
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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Connections

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This afternoon I dissembled Christmas in the house. (I had welcome help from Cooper, Katie, Jim, Betty and Uncle Jim.) Everything in this ho...
Monday, January 4, 2010

In case of emergency

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Do you remember the Friends episode from 1995 in which Rachel goes to the emergency room? I think that George Clooney is one of the doctors....
Friday, January 1, 2010

New year

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It's difficult to accept that we've started 2010 without Steve. Our first New Year's Eve together was in 1992, a few months befo...
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Sunday, December 27, 2009

No cards this year

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We didn't send Christmas cards this year. I wrote about why for one of my Briefing columns this week. You can read it here or here: Chr...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas Eve

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This is our house, in the middle of the Christmas Eve snowstorm. (I know. "Snowstorm" is relative. But by North Texas standards, ...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Abby's gift

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Do you remember Abby ? In July she and Asher organized a lemonade stand to raise money for Steve's health care expenses. On Tuesday darl...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Catching up

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I'm so proud of everyone who ran White Rock in memory of Steve. I still need to post results and photos. I've been especially busy w...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Cooper sings

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The music therapist who works with Cooper and Katie every other week encouraged Cooper to write and sing a song about Steve. Before her visi...
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Sunday, December 13, 2009

White Rock: Quick version

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Part of the team gathered early Sunday morning: (top row, from left) Clay, Sharon, Allison, Jim, Will, Sally, Paul; (bottom row, from left)...
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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Pre-race dinner

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Jim and Betty hosted a lovely pre-race pasta party for the Run for Steve racers and friends tonight. We were sad to miss a few folks because...
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Two years

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I really don't like Dec. 11. Two years ago today, Steve and I stood in a dark room at a nearby hospital, staring in horror at a scan of ...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Steve on TV

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The local NBC affiliate interviewed me, Cooper and Katie yesterday about Steve and the team running in his memory this Sunday . Different ve...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

If you're in the Dallas area ...

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... you can watch the Damm family on Channel 5 this afternoon. In advance of the White Rock Marathon this weekend, Cooper, Katie and I were ...
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