December, 2009

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Ho Ho Hold on a Minute…

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Let me ask you, have you recently been mistaken for Santa (or Mrs.) Claus?

1222santa-on-the-scaleAre random kids jumping on your lap, telling you what they want for Christmas and that the have “good” all year?

Do people ask you where you parked your sleigh?

Are you shoes caked with crusty reindeer poop?

Are elves following you?

Are you unusually jolly?

When you laugh does anyone point and say “Hey look, a bowl full of jelly!”?

Yeah, there’s a lot of that going around this time of year.  And I can help you avoid further embarrassment and confusion.

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Heart Warming News

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Did you ever have one of those days where everything went wrong?  From beginning to end, absolutely nothing went your way?  Those days seem to occur all to frequently.

Well yesterday was the exact OPPOSITE of that.

But let me start at what SHOULD have been the beginning of Gabe’s operation ordeal, last Friday.

(NOTE:  For those who missed the original posts, catch up by first reading Gabriel’s Heart, and then Put On Hold.)

Worst. Friday. Ever.

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Put On Hold…

Friday, December 4th, 2009

First let me say thank you to all who have emailed, posted comments and called with your love and support.  I cannot express how much it means to myself and Denyse.  The outpour of support was truly overwhelming, so I thank you from the bottom of my (our) heart(s).  I would reply to each of you to thank you individually, but as you probably know I am far to lazy for that :)

But here is the current deal…

It has been an extremely aggravating morning.

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Gabriel’s Heart

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Tomorrow, December 4th, 2009 my son Gabriel Thomas Carter, age 7, goes in for an heart operation.  But before I go into whats and whys,  let me tell you about Gabe.

Gabe, in the Beginning…

October 8th, 2002 was the greatest day of my life.  It was the day I officially met my son Gabe for the first time outside of an ultrasound.    (I am also fortunate to have gotten a repeat of that day 3 years later when I met my second son, Nate, but I’ll save that for another story.)

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Meeting Gabe

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