Early Birthday Wishes
Soon, Gary, JR, will depart back to life in the Army. As he turns 20 next month, we decided to surprise him with a Birthday party here tonight! He has just arrived and did not have a clue we had … Continue reading
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Martin Continues to Improve
Now here’s some progress! On Sunday, Marty was able to close his fist a number of times! Yesterday, he was able to use a bicycle pedal (mounted on a table) with his right shoulder/arm/hand. I’ve attached a video of that … Continue reading
Brothers
After enduring extensive training in this man’s Army, it was great to see my two sons, PJ and Gary (JR) together once again sharing a common interest. Chips off the ‘ol block!
Martin-Day 6
Last night, Marty was moved from UMass to Fairlawn Rehab Center (189 May St.) in Worcester. He will now begin 3-5 hour days of occupational, physical and speech therapy. Already this AM, they had him climbing stairs! And here he … Continue reading
Another Step Taken
This morning, Marty called Ingrid! Ingrid answered the ringing phone to hear, “Hi, Hon!” At first, Ingrid didn’t know who was calling, never expecting that her husband would be able to call just 48 hours after his stroke! Marty told … Continue reading
Martin’s Recovery is Miraculous
It must be all those prayers that everyone has been sending, or maybe it is just Martin’s own inner strength? It is both, I would say. He is doing very well today, and we would like to share this update: … Continue reading
Joshua and Family
Joshua recently sent some family pictures in, I have chatted with both Joshua and Sara briefly on Facebook and hope some day to meet Sara and the kids. When Joshua was little, I visited them often after Steve (his Dad … Continue reading
Menus in Progress
A system of menus that will help navigate this website is in process, a new category ‘Ancestors’, has been created and various posts related to them, that is, the Ancestors of Philip and Lydia and their families will be a … Continue reading
The Eagle’s Nest – Live!
This is a great LIVE! video of an Eagles Nest with just hatched babies (reset to a link as it is causing huge page load times) Go to the video on UStream
Time to learn some Swedish!
For the past year or so, I have subscribed to a site that attempts to teach me a bit of Swedish. So I thought I would try to pass some of this ‘vast’ (!) knowledge on to others! I know … Continue reading