Learning the hard way to recognize a scammer This is the rest of the story (I posted the beginning on May 15, 2020, Blog Post #3 – Is It Ever Okay To Be Scammed?) of how our adult, special-needs, vulnerable son got scammed. From January to August of 2020, our son was sending a scammerContinue reading “Blog Post # 29: Scammed — The Rest of the Story”
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Blog Post # 28: Another Angel Story
Riots in the Streets, Angel to the Rescue On March 3, 1991, Rodney King, a black man, was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers after a high-speed chase during his arrest for drunk driving. A civilian filmed the incident and sent the video to a local news station. The video showed an unarmed KingContinue reading “Blog Post # 28: Another Angel Story”
Blog Post # 27: Miracles and Angels
Rescued by an Angel in a Police Uniform I had worked all day, then picked up my Deaf son (about 8 years old at the time) from his school bus. I was exhausted, but needed to stop at the grocery on the way home. As we exited the store, a stranger was evidently waiting forContinue reading “Blog Post # 27: Miracles and Angels”
Blog Post # 26: On Turning 64
Beatles, Bad Eyes and Benchmarks I’m now a couple of years farther along life’s path, but I well remember the magical age of 64! It is the milestone reached from the Beatles’ song, “When I’m Sixty-Four”. The age where I could say “I am a million years old!” — at least in binary. Retirement appearedContinue reading “Blog Post # 26: On Turning 64”
Blog Post # 25: Adventures Wandering The Streets Of Romania
Still in Romania, Part 2/2 Today’s post continues last Friday’s telling of the adventures we had in Romania after I took Alexandru out of the orphanage. Everyday, around 3:15 pm, lovely, haunting music played somewhere outside of the apartment. It was the same tune, every day. I couldn’t find where it was coming from,Continue reading “Blog Post # 25: Adventures Wandering The Streets Of Romania”
Blog Post # 24: Still in Romania: Museums, Metallurgy and Dracula’s Umbrellas
Still in Romania, Part 1/2 Once I had taken our son out of the orphanage, we still couldn’t go home. We had to wait a couple of weeks for the last things to be done, like getting him a passport and getting some final paperwork through the system. So during those two weeks we livedContinue reading “Blog Post # 24: Still in Romania: Museums, Metallurgy and Dracula’s Umbrellas”
Blog Post # 23: Our Family Is Complete!
Waiting for Mom and Dad, Part 2 In Part 1, Blog Post # 22: An Orphanage Story, we left Alexandru, waiting and watching for his own parents to come get him. When he was 2 and 1/2 years old, suddenly potential parents started visiting him! They were very nice, and he always hoped they wouldContinue reading “Blog Post # 23: Our Family Is Complete!”
Blog Post # 22: An Orphanage Story
Waiting for Mom and Dad, Part 1 Here is the beginning of how we completed our family! In a small Romanian village, on an auspicious day in the middle of January, 1993, a child was conceived. (Amazingly enough, at that same time, in Tallahassee, Florida I fell in love with sign language. (Blog PostContinue reading “Blog Post # 22: An Orphanage Story”
Blog Post # 21: Giving Myself Room To Stop
Driving Safely I was driving on the 495 beltway around Washington, DC, when the car in front of me ran into the back of the car in front of them. An accident, directly in front of me. Disaster nearly struck, as I had not given myself enough buffer room to stop in time to avoidContinue reading “Blog Post # 21: Giving Myself Room To Stop”
Blog Post # 20: Our Son, The Clown
Family Stories This is about our youngest son, who was six years old when this story takes place. Our son happens to be Deaf. He also happens to hate cigarette smoke. He and I had just finished doing our grocery shopping at the Food Lion. We started to walk to our car. Then I noticed,Continue reading “Blog Post # 20: Our Son, The Clown”
My Life, by DAG 