Life is a Dance.
Sometimes lyrics will stick in my head and roll around there for days at a time. It is as if they are my specific mantras for a little while. Recently it has been John Michael Montgomery’s song released in 1992, “Life’s a...
Serving others is life-changing.
We all get the chance to choose. Most often the opportunity to provide service to someone else is not convenient. Typically I have had something else planned when my awareness is shifted and I notice that I might be able to help someone. To be...
Nick Loves the Seahawks!
Nick is a big fan of the Seattle Seahawks. He loves watching them play football. He sometimes disagrees with the refs and will yell at the TV if he thinks that the pass was really incomplete. Some times you might think that he is not paying...
Don’t underestimate what is possible.
A couple of years ago we decided to add on a few days in Paris to our usual trip to Ireland. Both Arden and I had wanted to visit the City of Lights, so we asked Nick if he wanted to go to Paris. He said “Yes, we see the sights.”...
Lasting Love.
Nick has an amazing memory regarding people that he loves. For example, Shaunda Johnson-Taylor is a special friend of Nick’s. In high school, she and our daughter Karen were friends and Shaunda became another one of our kids. She always...
Regular visits to the Doctors.
Today we had our semi-annual visit with Nick’s neurologist at Swedish. His name is Dr. Doherty. We think that he is awesome, and not only just because of his name. I was thinking today as we left his office how grateful I am for medical...
Keep on learning.
Nick loves being around little children. He enjoys watching them run around playing. He learns so much from them. Last night we had the pleasure of Madi who is 8 and Bridger who is 4, staying over night with Granny, Grandpa and Uncle Nick. We...
Pay no attention to that woman behind the curtain!
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Don’t jump to conclusions.
We operate an income tax business and yesterday was tax filing day in the US. Our tradition is to take everyone in our family out to dinner and so we gathered at a very popular restaurant near our home. It was so crowded that we had trouble...
Happy Easter. Happy – Nuss!
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...
Defining Success.
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...
Nick is doing great, I am getting there!
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...