Three cheers! My daughter, Shannon, caught a photo of her son when he was sitting quietly, and I wanted to share it with you. Jody’s almost 18, and an amazing young man. Simply the best!
And Shannon has a new horse: Lunada. She joined the family today. She’s small, unflappable, and a gaited horse. Just what [...]
Here’s a great website, Storm Pulse, for getting the latest news on hurricanes. Thanks, Mike Fortin.
Arizona Business and Professional Women’s Foundation is hosting its gala Scholarship Benefit for the fifth year Saturday, October 4, 7-10 p.m. at the New Vision Center 9659 N Hayden Rd., Scottsdale.
This festive event will feature varieties of wines from five countries and delectable hors d’oeuvres and desserts.
The Arizona BPW Foundation’s purpose is to promote the [...]
Every year I’m overwhelmed by Hawaiian hospitality and beauty. This group of pictures is just touching on what I did and who I met this year. Highlights include seeing cousins David and Joanne Coon again, and meeting for the first time Holualoa postmaster, Tom McCarthy. He’s a fantastic photographer and also enjoys writing in his [...]
Note from Judy: I thought it would be fun to share some of the stories of families who have 4 Paws for Ability service dogs that have affected their lives. Here’s one about a brother and sister who use a service dog:
September 9, 2008. WOW, it has been almost 9 months since bringing Brock home [...]
I recently returned from a visit to Kona, where I stayed with the Vorfelds. They grow macademia nuts and coffee beans. Caturra coffee beans. There’s a word Hawaiians use to describe “delicious”: ono. And as I sat this morning sipping freshly ground coffee…it’s okay: it went through a Mr. Coffee machine…I thought of what a [...]
Over the past five years, 200,000 civilians have died due to violence, malnutrition, and disease in Darfur and an additional 2.2 million people have been displaced. We want to do something about it.
Fed up with watching humanitarian crises on the evening news and not doing anything to help, a group of bloggers (most notably, Leo [...]
Noah Henderson is a six-year-old, fun, energetic, loving, and sweet child. But, what you don’t see are the many different challenges Noah faces daily. What are typical daily routines for us, can present many challenges for Noah.
Noah has a chromosome disorder. He was born with chromosome 11p and 13q deletions. That [...]
Note: this letter was just written by Connie Smith, of Buried Boulder Labradors, September 3, 2008. Last year we had the privilege to meet with Karen Shirk of 4PawsForAbility out of Xenia. She and her staff train service dogs, specializing in service dogs for children with Autism.
They ended up with three of our [...]
Hooray! This is an exciting day for the Burton family in Mossyrock: the first day of school. What about the other Burtons? Jenna and husband Brandon are in Austin, Texas. Jeremiah is in the Olympia area, and will be marrying sweet Madi in a few weeks; Michelle is in the National Guard, and Andie is [...]
