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Category Archives: Family
Summer 2024
We started the summer with our family & friends camp out–Josef’s 13th year in a row! (OK, I guess the Covid year was a bust but we won’t count that!) After that he and I headed to the aptly-named Cannon … Continue reading
Spring 2024
This spring Josef had the lead role in his school play and he rose to the occasion with aplomb! He had no trouble in the limelight, and turned in a memorable performance. He was the talk of the school that … Continue reading
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Mexico 2023
I knew Christmas would be especially painful if we stayed home, given the memories and associations of the previous year, and the rest of the family agreed. We decided warm water and sunshine would brighten are spirits…and we were right! … Continue reading
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Summer 2023
Summer adventures included the annual family group camping trip, a vacation house on the Sandy River with good friends, learning to rock climb, Josef spending two weeks in Utah with Grammannette and cousins and also a week at Camp Westwind, … Continue reading
Spring 2023
The end of tax season didn’t bring any feeling of relief this year–actually somewhat the opposite effect. At least the heavy workload gave me something to focus on. After the deadline I was faced with the reality of trying to … Continue reading
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Winter 2023
Truly a singular winter for us this year. Indeed it’s hard to remember much of it. Josef was a remarkably happy boy. His family, his classmates, his teachers and the school really held him close. School families signed up for … Continue reading
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In Every Grain of Sand
Rachael Elizabeth Shook June 4 1975 – December 28 2022 At the time of my confessionIn the hour of my deepest needWhen the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed There’s a dying voice within meReaching out … Continue reading
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Holidays 2022
Boy, I can’t such much about the holidays that isn’t heavy with sadness. Rachael’s third round of chemo was unsuccessful and her condition just kept getting worse and worse. It was very clear to me where things were headed. She … Continue reading
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Summer 2022
Summer kicked off with our annual family camping trip–Josef’s tenth in a row! He also went off to Camp Westwind for a 5 night sleepaway with 4 of his buddies. Then we shipped him off to Utah for 10 days … Continue reading
Holidays 2021
With flights being so cheap from EUG to PDX, we decided to make the main Christmas gift this year a trip to Los Angeles. We left on the 26th and took Josef to Santa Monica so he could see his … Continue reading