tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15572910.post5005377614379969222..comments2009-11-23T18:09:14.134-08:00Comments on Puppy Dog Tales: dog grrrrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06816809588119762751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15572910.post-59783019920481269992008-10-28T19:31:00.000-07:002008-10-28T19:31:00.000-07:00The Summit Crater on Rainier is AWESOME. Having g...The Summit Crater on Rainier is AWESOME. Having glimpsed it only for a few minutes of my life (on foot)-- I've flown over it many times. <BR/><BR/>HE is a hero to me. That is AT LEAST as hard as running a marathon getting up there. AT LEAST!!!<BR/><BR/>I was queasy and light headed and don't really even have clear memories of it. Your Grandpa is a new hero.Dan-Eric Slocumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312592609859387599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15572910.post-71347916327474837552008-10-28T17:08:00.000-07:002008-10-28T17:08:00.000-07:00Before he died he wrote the story of his climb dow...Before he died he wrote the story of his climb down and part of it was in the paper for some anniversary (Paradise I think?)I have it somewhere. Before he lost his facilities the Times had a nostalgia writing contest and I entered several things on his behalf. He got in about three times :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15572910.post-52360403094245505182008-10-28T17:01:00.000-07:002008-10-28T17:01:00.000-07:00It's summit crater. My grandfather is the cranky l...It's summit crater. My grandfather is the cranky looking one above the flag :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15572910.post-80697592654232552402008-10-28T16:55:00.000-07:002008-10-28T16:55:00.000-07:00Melissa. Is the center photo from Muir or Summit C...Melissa. Is the center photo from Muir or Summit Crater?Dan-Eric Slocumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312592609859387599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15572910.post-30417458139687649612008-10-28T13:59:00.000-07:002008-10-28T13:59:00.000-07:00That is a really difficult situation! I wonder if ...That is a really difficult situation! I wonder if anyone has asked if SHE wants a party? Maybe she just wants to relax and be at peace....maybe its her time to go.<BR/><BR/>It must be tough to be in a family you don't like very much, but I'm sure there are lots of people out there who feel the same way. I just feel so blessed to truly love, admire, and LIKE my nuclear and extended family. They are all such incredible people.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298637732325273200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15572910.post-45264182622878429032008-10-28T13:22:00.000-07:002008-10-28T13:22:00.000-07:00Travis- I always hear people talk of their warm an...Travis- I always hear people talk of their warm and fuzzy families and how they all got together, sang songs and how great it was. However, that's not really where I landed in this life. I don't like my family. Near, extended and all in between. I liked my dad and his sister and that's about all. <BR/><BR/>In fact to go to one of our family functions feels very stiff and forced. No one really likes anyone but all do it out a sense of duty. I kind of just stopped doing that a long time ago. <BR/><BR/>As you saw by the BBQ I have a lot of great friends that I consider to be my family and adore being around them. So I am content:) But I'm still not going to a party where the centerpiece is a cranky old lady who would rather move on to her next stage. Call me crazy or unfeeling.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15572910.post-5188315703465146442008-10-28T09:34:00.000-07:002008-10-28T09:34:00.000-07:00When my grandfather died he wasn't that old...it w...When my grandfather died he wasn't that old...it was 10 years ago and he had been fighting leukemia for nearly 10 before that.<BR/><BR/>His last year was my freshman year in college in Boston. I didnt get to go to my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary because I couldnt get home. <BR/><BR/>My grandfather died 3 days before I was to fly home for the summer.<BR/><BR/>I didn't get to go to my grandfather's 'last party' and it hurts so bad even a decade later to think about that. I look at the pictures...and I can see he had really gone down hill, but I also see the smile on his face as he sits with my little sister who was there...and I just wish...wish..I would have figured out a way to be there. <BR/><BR/>We have so little time on this earth with the ones we love. After missing that 'party' I resolved to be involved and make things happen when it is about someone I love.Contact Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08639462355760579967noreply@blogger.com