Saturday, June 27, 2015

Prayers for our furry friend

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Katie Margaret, a.ka. Margie, in early 2007 The weekend that we first met Margie was the same weekend that Steve developed Bell's pa...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Altar

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This is a simple photo with a dozen stories. On the top row, on the left, is Cooper. He's joining our church youth choir for this w...
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Monday, June 15, 2015

Challenges met make us stronger

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My column from Saturday's Briefing : It is the last day of school. A group of girls splash in a backyard pool, less than two hours aft...
Friday, May 29, 2015

Missing or wishing?

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From Harriet the Spy Today I finished reading to my homeroom class one of my all-time favorite children's novels, Harriet the Spy b...
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Monday, May 4, 2015

Teamwork

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I usually work at school until 5 or 5:30 p.m. Today I left "early," and Katie and I were home by 4:40 p.m. I had big plans to ru...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

xxooo

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Last night we all went to bed early. 1. It was the night before the first day of the two-day fourth-grade writing STAAR. 2. Katie is a fo...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Acts of Kindness in good company

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The best day of the year is November 4. It's the day that hundreds of people help us celebrate Steve's birthday by performing acts o...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Water works

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At last, we've had plenty of rain around here. North Texas has been in a drought, and though recent rains aren't enough to pu...
Monday, March 2, 2015

So much more than a photo

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Steve and Tyra, days before official diagnosis Katie, Tyra, Steve and Cooper, three months before Steve passed away Katie and I host...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

No dance, but lots of love

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When Katie was 3 and a half, Steve was starting to decline. The tumor was growing, and he was getting weaker.  We made the decisi...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Confidence

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From the summer of 1992 to the summer of 2009, I could count on this: Steve Damm would tell me all the time that I was beautiful. I didn...
Sunday, January 4, 2015

Hands of God

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Cooper and Katie this morning on Steve's bench at Holy Covenant UMC (Temperature: 25 degrees!) Katie set a goal four weeks ago to ...
Sunday, December 7, 2014

Christmas: Plenty of joy and a side of sorrow

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Steve was particular about Christmas music. We were constantly in search of a CD of acceptable music. I'm not sure that he ever found on...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

46 Acts of Kindness (13)

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From Dean in Sulphur Springs: This morning I went to Coffee Off the Square here in Sulphur Springs to remember my friend Steve on his bir...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

46 Acts of Kindness (12)

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Some kind folks gave our family gifts -- totally unexpected and totally appreciated. Gaya painted this lovely sign for our home. An a...