June 2023 Monthly Update

This is another one of those posts in where the original title, “Oral Surgery Consultation, Spinal Fusion Anniversary, Mother’s Day, School, Van Fundraiser, and Working with Mommy”, was just a bit too long, which is why I shortened the headline to “June 2023 Monthly Update”. My last two posts covered…

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ABC Countdown to the Last Day of School

It seems a bit odd to be posting this End of the School Year Countdown a week after he graduated, but this is the way that the school calendar was. The 8th graders graduated last weekend while the rest of the students had one more week of school before summer…

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Junior High Graduation

Well, he did it! On Sunday, James graduated from junior high at a very nice ceremony at our minor league baseball team’s stadium. He rolled onto the field as an 8th grader and came back to the dugout as a freshman in high school. Stacy and I sat in different…

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Fundraiser Shirts, Health, and School

Van Fundraiser Shirts In addition to the monetary donations, we are now selling shirts to help raise money for a new van. The fundraiser we had in 2014 to raise money for our current van was called "Rollin’ for James”, and while we don’t technically have a name for this…

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April 2023 Monthly Update

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you have probably noticed that I usually organize regular blog posts into sections: School, Holidays, Doctor Appointments, etc. Then I simply take each of those sections and use them in the title of the post. The problem with doing it this…

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Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month Part 2: Days 16 – 31

This is Part 2 of the collection of daily facts about cerebral palsy that Stacy has been posting on the Fans of James Facebook page, which will include the facts from days 16 through 31.  If you missed Part 1, click here to go back to it. As I mentioned…

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Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month Part 1: Days 1 – 15

This is the first of two posts for Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month and will be a collection of the daily facts that Stacy has been posting on James’ Facebook page. If you have been reading this blog for a while, you may have noticed that we have been using the…

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