Thursday, February 26, 2009

No one quite like him.....


This is my dad.  Oh and let me tell you...... there is no one else quite like him.  He is a mess. Yes, he is where I get my personality from......  the following two stories will give you a good idea of just what a mess he is.  Oh and by the way..... he can doze off ANYWHERE.  You don't know he has dozed, until you hear the snoring.......  

About a month ago he had went into the BX (name for the military store on base, he works civil service out at Randolph AFB).  He approached the lady at the electronics counter and asked her if the had any Wii's in..... only called them W2.  He thought it was a W2 instead of a Wii. He insists that the two i's look like 2's.  I guess he is thinking Roman Numerals.... who knows?
Yes, that is right..... he asked the lady if they had any W2's in..... of course the lady didn't know for the life of her what in the heck he was talking about....... oh how I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall.

Needless to say.....  he came home with the Wii.  The other night we decided we would have a bowling tournament.  My mom and dad, Brayden and I.  We bowled..... except my dad aka Papaw.... didn't want to get out of bed to play.  He insisted on laying on the bed and bowling..... (isn't the whole idea of the Wii to get you moving?).  My dad can find a way around that, let me tell you.  Of course he kept getting gutter balls and never hit a pin.... so being the competitive person he is..... he got his butt out of the bed and bowled correctly.  He still got beat by all three of us but at least he got up to do his last couple of turns.

My dad, one in a million, and wouldn't trade him for anything......  

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

A Dad's Perspective

In the past couple of weeks Bill, Greyson's dad, started a blog.  In it he intimately shares his grief and struggles in dealing with the Greyson's death.  Both Bill and Nicole have shared so candidly, their loss and their grief through their blogs.  

Through my research on Krabbe, I have found many sites that are updated by the mother's of children diagnosed with Krabbe.  I have only been able to find one other father in Australia who journals about his journey.

Please take a minute and check out his blog.  It is a rare glimpse of a man's perspective on loss and life.    

Greyson's Law HB 1795

Today, Nicole came into my classroom with papers in her hand.  She handed them to me and it took everything I had not to crumble into a heap of tears. What she handed me was a copy of the House Bill for Greyson's Law.  I couldn't believe that it was right in front of me in black and white.  

I picture Greyson doing a little dance up in heaven.  Oh, I just know he is so very proud.  Thank you Greyson Morris!  You are changing the world!

We are one GIANT step closer!  Soon all babies born in Texas will be screened for Krabbe Disease!  

Follow this link to view the bill. 

Follow this link to contact the committee members we need to support the bill.  Please include the HB number in your email.  

We need your support!  Please help us save other children!

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