Category: Lessons
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Elkmont Synchronous Fireflies #1, originally uploaded by Judd Patterson. It’s been quite a month. Four weeks ago today, my dad passed away. Over the month before that, and the month since, Kelly has battled a persistent flareup of his inflammatory bowel disease—serious enough that on Thursday last week he was admitted into the Children’s Hospital…
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105_0168, originally uploaded by kevdonahue. We never included a link or mention of the fundraising walk we went on a month ago to raise money to combat Crohn’s and Colitis. With about 20 friends, we made about $1,500. And we met Cookie Monster. Awesome job! Photos here
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Kelly left the cozy confines of his room on the fifth floor of CHOP and was photographed by a hunter, who said it appeared the rampaging teenager was foraging for food. Forensic investigators say they found scraps of chicken fingers and New England Clam Chowder. Sounds about right. And much of it wasn’t eaten, which…
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Kelly left the cozy confines of his room on the fifth floor of CHOP and was photographed by a hunter, who said it appeared the rampaging teenager was foraging for food. Forensic investigators say they found scraps of chicken fingers and New England Clam Chowder. Sounds about right. And much of it wasn’t eaten, which…
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IMG_0393, originally uploaded by kevdonahue. Kelly’s had a tough 6 weeks. His latest flareup became his most serious and persistent since 2007, when he was originally diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. It came to a head this week, and on Thursday he was admitted into Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The first wave of tests confirmed…
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I go to the hospital on Thursday with Kelly, we have a basketball hoop. I return home Friday, no hoop and a strange metal protuberance coming out a hole with concrete at the bottom. It feels like an episode of ‘Lost.’ I’m kinda afraid to go home Sunday. Then again, I don’t really want to…
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As Father’s Day arrives, I’m thinking of my dad, who passed away four weeks ago. My brother Chris spoke wonderfully of dad at the funeral. Here’s how mine might have gone … First off, I’d like to thank so many people for attending the wake yesterday and this funeral today. The death of my dad…
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IMG_0393, originally uploaded by kevdonahue. Kelly’s had a tough 6 weeks. His latest flareup became his most serious and persistent since 2007, when he was originally diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. It came to a head this week, and on Thursday he was admitted into Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The first wave of tests confirmed…
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I go to the hospital on Thursday with Kelly, we have a basketball hoop. I return home Friday, no hoop and a strange metal protuberance coming out a hole with concrete at the bottom. It feels like an episode of ‘Lost.’ I’m kinda afraid to go home Sunday. Then again, I don’t really want to…
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This photo comes form the hotel the morning of my dad’s funeral, as we were gathering in the lobby and preparing to go to the funeral home. It’s sad day, but the photo makes me smile. Visions of Kelly in the future.
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IMG_0358, originally uploaded by kevdonahue. Grandma came and visited us on Saturday, June 12, for Pete’s 16th birthday. We took him out to PF Chang’s, which was actually pretty good. Peter didn’t get any actual presents; instead he got PROMISES of presents: an iPhone later this month and 3 tickets to a Phillies game, for…
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This photo comes form the hotel the morning of my dad’s funeral, as we were gathering in the lobby and preparing to go to the funeral home. It’s sad day, but the photo makes me smile. Visions of Kelly in the future.
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