Tears In Heaven
Our hearts are broken today. This kind of thing should never happen especially during a season expecting the arrival of the Christ child. Instead Heaven has welcomed with open arms the arrival of a new saint. Jake Apple now walks hand in hand with his Friend and Saviour but his [...]
Archive for the ‘Special People’ Category
Posted in Special People on December 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Posted in Blogging, Posts by Dad, Special People on December 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A Very Special Request
Today, before you head out to shop for presents or go buy your Christmas tree or get ready for that office party, go see Katie and pass along your love and prayers for her, Jake, and their family. We have been in a similar place at this time of year. [...]
Posted in PKS Kids, Posts by Dad, Special Moments, Special People on November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Face 2 Face With Another PKS Family
I will never regret traveling to a disappointing art show Thanksgiving weekend 2007. As always I learned more about the business of selling art (like checking to make sure the most popular pop star isn’t scheduled to play the venue where I’m working), I met even more talented [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad, Special People on November 22, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Forever ThankfulI’m hoping to have time to blog this Thanksgiving Day. At the very least I’ll copy and paste as quickly as possible. It’s the Eve of the most American holiday in my opinion. As a Christian (regardless of my current bitterness) I hold Easter as The Big One. Christmas falls into [...]
Posted in Masterpieces, On the Road, Posts by Dad, Special People on November 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood [...]
Posted in Posts by Dad, Special People on November 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Soulshine Found in Savannah
Sunday afternoon I made my way through the crowd to briefly visit with another artist. Along the way I noticed a young lady in a wheelchair shopping with who I assumed to be her son and her mother. Since my “internal radar” is always keeping an eye out for families [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad, Special Moments, Special People on October 31, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Happy HalloweenFrom Lightening “Ben” McQueen!
I sure do wish I could take credit for the costume but it was all nurse Lisa’s idea, creation, painting, and assembly! She did an absolutely brilliant job! Ben obviously would’ve won best costume at his school had they not done the judging before he arrived this morning (like many [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Special People on September 26, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Must See TV
Jenny McCarthy will appear on Larry King Live tonight at 9PM (EDT) to talk about her son’s autism. She will also talk about her new book which chronicles their journey so far in the world of special needs and advocacy. I plan on picking up “Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey [...]
Posted in Ben's Health, Family Stuff, Posts by Dad, Special People on September 13, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Good Times
While y’all oooh and aaah over my mom holding her newest granddaughter (and she is beautiful) I’ll fill you in on some wonderful things happening with Ben.
Tomorrow morning our boy rides the bus to school for the very first time! Of course Nurse Lisa gets the honor of accompanying him since she’s getting [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad, Special People on September 10, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Teacher, Teacher,Can You Teach me?
Although our area schools have been in session for about three weeks now today was Ben’s first official attendance day. Ben obviously enjoyed his first day back sharing lots of big smiles and meeting new friends. The day was bittersweet however in knowing that Kristy Adams is no longer [...]
