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Sleeping Beauty

Posted on December 22, 2014 by jackblee

   It was on a Saturday, just after lunch, around Timothy’s nap time, and we had an event to attend mid afternoon, and so I needed T to get a 90 minute nap before our event. Okay, wait.  Step back … Continue reading →

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Safe arrival and gratitude

Posted on June 7, 2014 by jackblee

     We couldn’t be happier to have Elisabeth safe and healthy and back home from India.  And pretty fun that it was on the 70th anniversary of D Day. The reaction of probably half of the people whom we told about … Continue reading →

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The Return of Elisabeth

Posted on June 6, 2014 by jackblee

Our daughter Elisabeth returns tomorrow morning after ten months in India.  She’s had a wonderful experience, and it’s hard to believe that she’s finally coming home. I keep thinking about when I returned to the United States after a year … Continue reading →

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TRBL meets his match.com

Posted on March 15, 2014 by jackblee

Our eighteen year old daughter, Elisabeth, is still studying over in India. For the past three weeks, she and a group of exchange students have been travelling in northern India, visiting crowded Dehli, the impressive Taj Mahal and amazing sites … Continue reading →

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Tan lines

Posted on August 12, 2013 by jackblee

The good news is that Timothy is learning to drink out of a normal cup. The less good news is that the main place he performs his latest trick is in the bathtub and his drink of choice is bathwater.  … Continue reading →

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Abe Lincoln

Posted on June 23, 2013 by jackblee

         We often suffer from ‘TRBL hearing’ in our house.  It’s not that Timothy’s hearing is bad.  In fact, although we worried for the first year and a half of his life about his hearing, recent tests confirmed that his … Continue reading →

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TRBL’s first word

Posted on April 21, 2013 by jackblee

When I read books with Timothy, I ask him to point to things — “Where’s the elephant?” — and sometimes he’ll point to the elephant, and if he doesn’t, I take his hand and place it on the elephant and … Continue reading →

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Mardi Gras

Posted on March 10, 2013 by jackblee

At church tonight, Timothy was acting up and so I took him to the back of the church for a change of scenery.  Back there was a guy probably a few years younger than me carrying a baby girl and … Continue reading →

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