Same Kind of Different as Me

by Ron Hall and Denver Moore

I absolutely love this book. Same Kind of Different as Me, by Ron Hall and Denver Moore (with Lynn Vincent), chronicles the unlikely friendship that develops between two men from completely different walks of life…

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Karen on March 20th, 2009

For as long as I can remember, I have been mildly gephyrophobic, i.e., bridge phobic.  As a kid, I particularly dreaded going over the Pontchartrain Causeway, the longest bridge in the world until Thailand’s Bang Na Expressway was completed in 2000.  The fear subsided over the years, but reared its ugly head again in the [...]

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by Gerri Freid Kramer and Shari Maurer

You’ll find the question and answer format of this book user friendly. The authors, Gerri Freid Kramer and Shari Maurer, are both mothers of children with heart defects, so an understanding of the kinds of information and support parents are seeking comes naturally…

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Karen on March 19th, 2009

Dr. Edward Bove was scheduled to perform Nathan’s surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return. I penned a simple child’s prayer–Nathan memorized it and repeated it to anyone who would lend an ear.

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Karen on March 19th, 2009

One of Nathan’s claims to fame in our family is that he was once the King of Infomercials.  While other toddlers were obsessing over Elmo, the Wiggles, and Dora the Explorer; our boy was enthralled by the Magic Bullet, Showtime Knives, and Jack LaLanne’s Power Juicer.  His TV time was spent tuned in to the [...]

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