Today is My 29th Birthday

At 1:14pm 29 years ago my mother brought me into the world. You can still visit the building where my birth took place, though it has gone through major reconstruction. Bess Kaiser Hospital became an Adidas Sportswear Headquarters. 29 doesn't feel much different from the lower 28 years prior to 1:14pm today. Cruising faster towards 30 I battle the indecision of whether it is better to get older, or maybe best to grow younger. 30 years old. 30 years old means you are an adult, you have history, you have experience you wished and thought you had at 22. But 30 hasn't hit and the cover of blaming my indiscretions on being in my 20's has now, 364 days until expiration.

Noah's Awake & With Us!!

Noah woke up the day after I posted the story of his accident. He is doing well and thankfully is acting quite like himself. He is talking, eating, but still in alot of pain. He has some Rehab to go through and is expected to make a full recovery. He is one lucky dude!!!

Noah Norton's Christmas Accident

My dear young friend Noah was hit by a pick up truck on Christmas Evening as he walked home along the road he lives on from a friends house with his wife and our friend also, Roxanne. The truck didn't stop. Noah is currently in Emanuel ICU with a fractured skull, bruised brain, punctured lung, shattered shoulder blade, fractured knee & wrist, and he is still in a coma. His doctors are hopeful because he is only 20 and super strong that he will make it, and that is all we can hope for. Here's the link for short version of the story from oregon live.

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/newberg_police_seek_pickup_in.html

Let's all send him good wishes for a speedy recovery. Noah is a kind, helpful, passionate, and enthusiastic person, these things happen to good people and I will never understand why.

Snow Storm of 2008!!

The rooster ventured out during the first sunbreak we'd seen in days.

This is the view over my garden looking west over the filbert orchards during the snowstorm. We had at least 20" of snow, and almost an inch of freezing rain!!