Archive for December, 2006
Good birthday
Friday, December 29th, 2006Today is my birthday and the best present was to have my dad home from the hospital. I know this won’t mean much to a lot of you; but if you could have seen him a few days ago, you would know how far he has come.
Dad Update
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006Dad got to come home after being released straight from ICU on Saturday. An ambulance brought him home. His first thought was that he’d be able to be home for Abbie’s birthday celebration. We made it but barely. He’d been wearing a pap (positive air pressure) mask which was expected that he occasionally might break [...]
ICU
Sunday, December 17th, 2006I’ve debated about posting this here, not knowing what I really want my blog to contain and what not to contain. I’d appreciate any prayers for my dad who went to the ER on Thursday night and has spent the last three days in ICU with pneumonia and sepsis. “Things looked grim,” according to one [...]
Music, music, music
Thursday, December 14th, 2006We went to Kansas City on Saturday to pick up Sam from the airport. We’ve been in the market for a new piano for awhile, but hadn’t found anything the girls liked. We finally we’re successful! You can read about the new piano at Abbie’s blog. Today Sam and Grace went to the music [...]
John Marshall Harlan
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006was an interesting man and a new personality in history for me. We’ve been reading from Opposing Viewpoints in American History Vol. II for the second half of US history this year. This week’s reading was on the Supreme Court opinions in Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896. The majority opinion of the court upheld the [...]