Sunday, January 27, 2013

'First Look of Life'

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I've been looking for a Baby Katie photo for a second-grade project. While perusing old photos, I noticed how many of our Steve-and-Kati...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Moments to share

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There are little moments all the time that I wish I could share with Steve.  Moments like last Wednesday, when the school nurse called to...
Friday, January 4, 2013

Biography

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Cooper wrote a short biography over Christmas break for a school assignment. I'm sharing it here with his permission ... I was bo...
Thursday, January 3, 2013

Bring Him Home

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Last night Liz and I saw Les Miserables together. (She'd already seen it once and was ready to see it again.) It's a lovely, grit...
Friday, December 28, 2012

This and that

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Uncle Jim, Cooper, Jim and Katie on Christmas Eve: That Cooper smirk is so much a Steve smirk. *** A couple of Saturdays ago the kids ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Magical moment

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Cooper, Katie, Jim, Betty, Uncle Jim and I sat down for Christmas lunch. Cooper had the honor of lighting the Steve candle. And then, i...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Lessons and Carols

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This morning our church celebrated the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a lovely service that tells the story of Jesus' birth throug...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

MRI day

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Five years ago tonight, Steve and I were at Baylor Frisco, huddled in a dark room, staring at an image of his brain. It was our first gli...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Thanksgiving

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Steve and Tyra, Thanksgiving 2007 Five years ago, Steve was driving me, Cooper, 6, and Katie, 2, home from our annual Thanksgiving visit...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

44 Acts of Kindness

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Hundreds of you made Steve's birthday, Nov. 4, a truly awesome day. Thank you! Midweek I tried to count the reported acts of kindness ...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

44 Acts of Kindness: Part 24

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Angela in Allen: "Today was a big AOK day for us. I picked up lunch for the 2 ladies who run our book fair (and are there pretty ...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

44 Acts of Kindness: Part 23

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From the Kosifou family in England: "Hello, we live in the South of England, and heard about you from a friend at the digichick forum...
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Monday, November 5, 2012

44 Acts of Kindness: Part 22

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From Jeanne in Carrollton: "My husband and I spent yesterday with the two children of dear long-term friends while they attended th...

44 Acts of Kindness: A reply

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One of Cooper's teachers last year was Jana. Jana's sister is Amy. Amy and her family live in Missouri. Yesterday afternoon I ...
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44 Acts of Kindness: Part 21

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From Will in McKinney: "Conor is helping his first-year teacher fill her class library with a gift card to Half Price Books in honor ...

44 Acts of Kindness: Part 20

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From Celeste in Frisco: " I gave a Subway gift card to the teen cashier who checked me out at Kroger yesterday. It was great to see h...