One of Nicholas’s ‘nick-names’ is Nuss, as in Nick-a-nuss, which we sometimes extrapolate to Glad-nuss or Sad-nuss or Tired-nuss. You get the idea! Well this morning we have Happy-Nuss. Two reasons, he loves Jesus and he...... Read More
How do you define success? What does great accomplishment look like in your view? Oh, we all have read about people with great athletic prowess, while others are super intellectuals, and still others accumulate great wealth. Are these...... Read More
After almost 2 days of watching him closely, it seems that his ankle is only sprained and as long as he has on his high top hiking boots, he can walk. This is a huge relief. We are being careful with him but he is doing ok. I am very grateful...... Read More
Carndonagh, County Donegal, Ireland history comes alive in new Doherty book Family is everything to Mary “Hudie” Doherty and she tells her life story through that prism with grace, humor, and love. Author Eva Doherty Gremmert captures the...... Read More
Tonight I am feeling bad. Nick fell today while I was at home alone with him and hurt his other ankle. I keep thinking that if I could have been more aware or more prepared or more firm or more …. (fill in the blank) that I could have...... Read More
I love the movie “The Princess Bride.” The dialog is incredible and there are many memorable quotes. One of my favorites is when Wesley declares to Buttercup, “This is true love, you think this happens every day?” The...... Read More
Our son Nick has epilepsy. He has an epilepsy syndrome called Lennox Gastaut Syndrome, or LGS. It is a type of epilepsy with multiple different types of seizures that begins in childhood. The seizures are hard to control and require life-long...... Read More
When Nick was about 15 months old, it was decided that he might benefit from speech therapy. The first time we met with the speech therapist, she said that we needed to encourage his thought patterns, his inductive and deductive reasoning, so...... Read More
Years ago, when Nick was still in high school, he began noticing social conversations more and more and wanted to participate. Often after dinner, someone in our family would say, “did you hear the one about…” which would...... Read More
We love to laugh. Arden is a great one for coming up with puns or changing the words to popular songs which makes us all either laugh or groan. Everyone in our family thinks that they are a comedian, even Nick. It took Nick a while to gain the...... Read More
From the time I can remember, I have been a goal setter and achievement oriented. this can be very positive, and the down side was that often I would avoid starting something unless I was pretty sure that the outcome would be successful. It has...... Read More
Last night Arden, Nick and I went to a wonderful Mexican restaurant on Alki Point in West Seattle. I have been there many times for business lunches and I am always intrigued with the exciting and varied meal options. It is not your typical...... Read More
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