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This made me feel much better today! I love that man!

Yes we can!

Congratulations President-Elect Barack Obama!

I look forward to a new era!

He did it! My big beautiful boy started preschool yesterday with confidence and pride! No separation issues at all! He loves school! I am so very proud! Go Aiden! You are the coolest!

-kara

You make me live…

Love,
Mommy

Thank you Universe for bringing Rosa into our lives! Where ALS has been stealing life from Aiden and me, Rosa is giving it back. Rosa is a pure soul, with a beautiful giving heart. I hope she knows that she is much more than a highly valued employee in this house… she is a friend, a sister, a mother. We love her and are very grateful to her. She keeps the sun shining.

-kara

Took my little man to the park on Friday and we played tag! He won!

You should have heard his giggles as he chased me around the outfield! I don’t know if he was laughing out of joy, or because I looked so funny trying to run… I felt like a giant bird with long stick legs, lifting and trying to stride as far as I could with each step… like a stork… the way they take those slow deliberate and big steps as they wade thru water. That’s what I felt like… a stork wading thru water. I was laughing at myself a lot too. Silly mama stork and her tickley gigglish boy.

Rosa took the photo with my cell phone.

I had never seen American Idol until mid-way through last season, when Aiden got me to watch it with him. He loves anything with music or dancing. Seeing how much he enjoyed the performances motivated me to give the show a chance. So we watched the rest of last season and all of this season. And, I’ll admit it… I even called in and voted. Who’d I vote for every week? David Cook. For me, he is refreshingly real and honest, and a great musical performer. I am very happy for David Cook tonight. Congratulations! You won!

Wow! I’ve been out on disability for nearly three years now, but every time I visit my old office mates at Vassar College, I am greeted with excitement, smiles, and sheer delight. Of course, Aiden is always with me, so a lot of the giddiness is surely over him! Tonight, Lewis brought in the mail, and once again there was a birthday card from my Vassar family. I am so thankful for such good cheer from this fun bunch. We’ll be visiting again soon!

and oh so liberating! I’ll never be a slave to hair again!

A couple of weeks ago I bought clippers, attached a number 6 comb, and told Lew to TAKE IT OFF! It was so easy! He never cut hair before. I feel clean, light, and HAPPY! Showers are so much easier now! I can’t get arms to top of head… so I bring my head down to my arms. Yep, I bend at the waist and let my head hang low. One hand is on grab bar while the other kinda lamely swirls the shampoo around my upside-down head. LOL! My hair was thick before… couldn’t get my scalp clean no matter what I tried. I’m thinking of mounting a hair scrubber right on the shower wall… I can plop some shampoo on my head, then just rub my scalp against the scrubber… the way my cat rubs her head on my leg! Purrrrrrr!!!

Freedom is BEAUTIFUL!

-kara

June 13, 2007

BRAVO AIDEN!!!
…and the freedom begins!
Watch the video.