Category: The Samantha Years
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Happy Father’s Day!
“A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.”– Confucius This evening as I watered my garden I watched my nieghbor, Russ teach his son how to mow the lawn. They spoke loudly over the roar of the engine. Russ’s voice was composed and instructional. His son Logan excited, almost giddy, finally…
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The 19th Street Detour- Page 4
So I’m playing with the title….let me know what you think! XO-Me The doctor came into the room. She was young, in her 30’s with a look of ambition and concern. “Hi, I’m Doctor Abbey. I’ve looked at Sam’s lab results and I’m at little stumped. She’s seems very dehydrated. So we’re going to start…
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Detour page 3!
Three nurses barged into the room armed with needles, monitors and catheters. Bill moved out of the way as they gathered around Sarah looking for ‘good’ veins, hooking up electrodes. “This looks like a good one.” One nurse said examining her arm. “Be careful, they tend to roll on these little ones.” They pulled out…
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Perspective
Okay, first off, Team Sammer Hammer ROCKS! The scene was a little chaotic but a big group of us managed to meet up and have a lovely walk together. We lost Amanda, Ava, and Amanda’s Mom (so sorry!). We had a brief but desperate disappearance of BoBo Baby and finshed three miles in a record…
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Detour page 2!
We filed into a small room with a nurse and a computer. “So, what’s going on with Sarah?” she asked. “We don’t know.” I answered. I felt flustered and defensive. Sarah didn’t have any identifiable symptoms. Buggy eyes…how do you explain buggy eyes? We had been worried about Sarah for a while. I felt so…
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