This beautiful young woman is one of many of my talented nieces. She grew up living on Lake Quinault, Washington, and has always loved music. I wonder if it’s because her mother, Jennifer, is a talented musician, and so is her grandmother, Carolyn Downing, and so was her great-grandmother, Ethel Crook.
Wonderful, gifted women of [...]
By Susan Wickham
In 2010, my thirteen-year-old son, Gabriel Kakitis, was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome and severe social anxiety. Asperger’s Syndrome is also known as High Functioning Autism.
He is sweet, kind, brilliant, and adorable. His wit is sharp and his uniqueness is endearing. He loves Nintendo, computers, riding his dirt bike, soft things, little things and [...]
Bellingham, Washington has an amazing poetry contest in honor of my maternal grandmother, Sue C. Boynton. Here is one of the 2010 winners, Luke Reinschmidt, presenting his work, “I Remember.”
Bellingham, Washington has an amazing poetry contest in honor of my maternal grandmother, Sue C. Boynton. Here is one of the 2010 winners, Kevin Murphy, presenting his work, “The Falling Apart.”
My maternal grandmother, Sue Crocker Boynton, loved writing poetry. It is wonderful that in recent years, in Bellingham, Washington, the Sue C Boynton Poetry Walk and Contest was established.
A blog has been started to feature the wonderful, innovative works of people who entered the contest this year. And to honor a spunky little woman [...]
The Sue Boynton Poetry Contest is held annually in Bellingham, Washington, in memory of my amazing grandmother, Sue Boynton (shown here in a picture taken in 1919). She was quite a woman. Taught me a lot. Some of it stuck. And that’s a good thing. Here’s the latest from the people running the contest:
The Sue [...]
When 4 Paws for Ability approves a child for a service dog, the child’s family goes through an intense fundraising process in order to pay for the personalized dog training. Many of the families also create blogs for their children. Once the funds are there, the family is assigned a future training group. Heather P., [...]
