John

Isannah
 
Last week Mary Ann and I traveled to a nearby town to visit the Scott family with whom we have become fairly close.  Mary Ann took a job with this family as a respite care provider for several hours a week the week before John’s accident.   The Scott’s have a wonderful family, not the least [...]

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Melvin
 
Mary Ann and I went to the gym where she works one evening last week.  I would mention the name, but the owners have asked that given my current body shape and %fat, I do nothing to hurt their business by claiming membership.  Actually, the gym is called Fitek, and I know they love me [...]

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Figurine
 
Christmas for me this year was much more about giving than receiving.  Quite a change for me.  However, one of the most meaningful gifts I received was the figurine pictured on this page.  It came as a total surprise from Mary Ann, and it felt as if time stopped when I opened it.  It was [...]

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Push Back
 
As long as we walked the horses I was fine.  I had already slid off the back of the mare going up a steep hill.  All of the other kids were experienced riders; it was a riding club, after all, to whose outing near Hillsdale Michigan my cousin Steve had invited me.  I was [...]

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Christmas II
 
This has been our second Christmas without John.  Last year Mary Ann and I sought to avoid as much as possible our usual traditions for fear the pain of John’s absence would prove too overwhelming.  At first we tried to do nothing to celebrate Christmas, but the need to celebrate became too much.  We [...]

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