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three years ago today…
…I saw my best friend for the last time. I was three days away from my wedding when I got the call that morning ~ Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005 ~ that the end was near. ”They” said probably two weeks. It was two days. Those minutes I got to spend with Shauna at her bedside […]
Read More..>>friends are friends forever ~~ but i need her now…
I had one of those “once in a lifetime” kind of friends in my best friend, Shauna. I am still sad and angry that that “lifetime” turned out to be relatively short. I was reminded of all those feelings recently upon hearing someone speak about walking with a friend at the end of that […]
Read More..>>you just call out my name…
…those are the first words in the chorus of a song that Shauna put on one of the cds she made for me. While I realize that it is typically young lovers that give each other “mixed tapes”, Shauna, my best friend, would give me mixed cds. These cds are some of my most-priceless treasures […]
Read More..>>a look back at 2007…
It hardly seems possible that yet another twelve months has come and gone, but the automatic date here on my computer confirms it. 2008 has arrived, leaving behind, for my family at least, a monumentous year. I guess I’ll just start at the beginning….January of 2007 brought to town (Portland, not Welches!) one […]
Read More..>>the “you are a child of God” smile…
I remember when my best friend, Shauna, first got her cancer diagnosis. She went to Costco. As she roamed around the store, she looked at people, and I mean really looked at them ~ not past them, not through them, but at them. If they made eye contact with her, she smiled […]
Read More..>>Abraham, Martin, and John
As noted in yesterday’s entry, I was listening to the old folk song “Abraham, Martin, and John” as I was writing about the all-too-soon passing of my friend, the Reverend John Fischer. I have since learned some more details of his death, and the words of this song are simply haunting me today ~~~ […]
Read More..>>the loss of a friend
I posted the following blog on my MySpace page today…it bears repeating here:Tuesday, November 28, 2006Rest in PEACE my friend and mentorCurrent mood: indescribably sadMany of you who are here in my MySpace world with me are beloved young people (and some not so young!) that I am blessed to know because of my work […]
Read More..>>What a difference a year makes…
…twenty four little hours. Oh wait, singing it won’t work. Its still the title of the blog though. Truly, what a difference a year makes.Today in 2005, I was pulling into the Mt. Hood Community College parking lot for the first day of classes. I froze. Completely and totally froze. […]
Read More..>>See it? We were THERE!!!
The most spoken phrase in the state of Oregon on Sunday? “Did you see the Duck game yesterday?” To that, we answer, “See it? We were THERE!!” Yep yep - we were there, along with a record 59,260-some other fans (not bad for a stadium with a capacity of 54,00) (and I should make it […]
Read More..>>Do or Die, Now or Never, Sink or Swim, **** or get off the Pot….take your pick
I run a camp, so, subsequently, I live here too, with my family. Its 150+ acres (the “little piece of heaven” I refer to on my profile). I live surrounded by beautiful trees, a river, great trails to hike, and the many amenities of a camp - a pool, an indoor gym, and […]
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