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Heading Out |
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With Family in Oakland |
Its been more than six
months since I last updated here and since February Pete has retired and had
his sixtieth birthday. Sarah and I gave him a surprise party to celebrate and
he was surprised. People came from all over the country and we really got him!
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Grand Canyon on the 4th of July |
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With Feather in Ashland |
We just returned home on
July 28th from a trip out west to visit friends and family in California and
Oregon and to see some of the beautiful places this country has to offer. Pete
and Mabel and Joshua and I were on the road for 28 days and over 5,000 miles
and we carried everything in our mini-van and we found good,
wheelchair-friendly accomodations everywhere we went. It was such a great
feeling being able to take a trip like that and I am so thankful that we were
able to do it - and I so loved being able to see everyone we visited. In
addition to friends and family we saw Mickey Mouse at Disneyland and James
Taylor at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver. Here are a few photos. To all
of you who welcomed us along the way, thank you. I love you.
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Visiting Bixby Canyon |
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Heading Home |
We are also working on a
project to build an ALS Living Center here in the Dallas area like
the one we found out about near Boston. So a group of us are creating a charity called The
ALS Project. We are excited about it and we hope to be able to tell about our
progress here as time goes on. This is a chance for Pete and I to share some of
the good fortune we have had in our ALS experience with others. I'm sorry its been so long
since I've updated the blog but I hope your summer is going well. I
always love to hear from you and if you ever come to Dallas, please plan to
stop by and visit.
Love,
Dewie