FREE BOOKMARKS from Nathan’s Prayer. My brother, Tom Parker, designed a bookmark using Nathan’s Prayer, the little prayer I came up with for Nathan’s heart surgery. The sentiment behind the prayer seems appropriate not only for heart surgery, but also to anyone seeking a heart and soul that is pleasing to God. Would you like [...]
Last summer, we got Nathan a couple of sweet little puppies from the Harrison County Humane Society. Nathan said, “This is the greatest day of my life.“ (He’s since had a few more of those.) In a few short months, those little guys got BIG. We were told they were some sort of beagle mix. [...]
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Continue reading about Memories for a Family with Terminally Ill Children
It’s been a grey week here in Minneapolis. The snow is melted, but what is left behind lacks color. There has been mist and fog in the air. The ground is brown, the remaining ice is grey. But, I know I’m doing well because despite the gloomy weather and dingy landscape, I have felt good. [...]
This little news segment ran on our local station, WLOX, back in 2007. Nathan was five years old and was just a few months recovered from heart surgery to correct PAPVR (Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return), a component of scimitar syndrome. His sister, Michelle, presented him as her everyday hero at a school luncheon. Nathan [...]
