Friday, December 31, 2010

Our team

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Cooper and Katie take piano lessons on Sunday afternoons at church. But because of Christmas, this week's lessons were rescheduled to We...
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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Made me laugh

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I was just looking at photos from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day when I started laughing. Without thinking, I placed Steve's special ca...
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Sacred and secular

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I help lead our church's youth Sunday school class. This week fellow leader Joy directed us through a discussion on gifts. Why do we exc...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Prayers for a Frisco dad

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Once every few weeks I learn about another human diagnosed with brain cancer. A few of them have been given my name and e-mail address and h...
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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Sunday morning

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A typical Sunday worship service is full of grief triggers. Cooper, Katie and I sit in the same sanctuary we used to share with Steve. It’s ...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Yet another "Steve" pose

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Cooper, Gabriel and Katie ( with yet another "Steve" pose ) at Frisco Square tonight, after they tubed/sledded down a snow hil l
Saturday, December 11, 2010

MRI day

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Three years ago today, Steve had the first of many MRIs of his brain, at a hospital just a few minutes from our home. And while I'm sad ...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Ranunculus

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On Steve's birthday this year , I planted bulbs in our front yard. I liked the idea of doing something special on his birthday that woul...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

Wind

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Steve and I would often joke that Frisco is the windiest place in all of Texas. In February 2002, we stood at the top of the hill on mostly ...
Saturday, December 4, 2010

Another "Steve" pose

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Katie ( with another Steve-like pose ) and Cooper at today's Children's parade
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Thanksgiving treats

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Cooper created this sidewalk chalk drawing of angel Steve on Aunt Ami and Uncle Rich's back patio. *** Greg, Brooke, Cooper and Jim at t...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Tumor humor

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Almost every time there's a new adult in Cooper's or Katie's life, I make a point to gently mention Steve's illness and deat...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thankful for perspective

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Happy Thanksgiving! In my Briefing column today, I write about one of many gifts from Steve -- the gift of perspective. You can read it her...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Steve and Katie

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Katie has a new way of posing for photographs. It's very similar to the way her Daddy would pose for photos. Even their distinctive eyeb...
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Purpose

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This week for work I interviewed Nick Vujicic, a 27-year-old who was born with no limbs. He's a motivational and inspirational speaker a...
Thursday, November 4, 2010

Birthday

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Steve and I often said that if you have to have a brain tumor (and there's certainly no choice in the matter), you couldn't be in a...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Birthday dinner

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Thursday is Steve's 42nd birthday. Katie believes that his celebration will include pizza, cake, flowers and everyone he knows in heaven...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Heroes

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Cooper as Steve (complete with a Steve tie) and Katie as Mrs. Harris It's the end of Red Ribbon Week at our school and schools all over ...
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Friday, October 22, 2010

Rangers

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I've been a Rangers fan for 20 years. Steve was a fan of baseball and the Rangers long before I was. We went to games while we were dati...
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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Run for Steve/Tri for Steve

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The official Run for Steve team is taking a year off from the White Rock Marathon this year. I know that some of our runners will be there...