I read a wonderful piece today from the AP that tells a story we often don’t like to hear. The AP decided to publish an image of a soldier critically injured by a grenade attack (Yahoo! News link.)
There are a few wonderful points in this article that I wish we’d see more often in the [...]
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The tragedy of war
September 4th, 2009 · No Comments
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Baby Ronan has arrived!
August 20th, 2009 · No Comments
7lbs 15oz – 20 inches – Dark blue eyes and a little bit of fine blonde hair
The gallery is now updated with photos of Ronan’s delivery and can be viewed by clicking on his photo.
We’re 5 days in and we already have stories to remember! (I’m sure there will be thousands [...]
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Passing on passive learning
July 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Amber and I went to a “baby basics” course the other day at the hospital. We had hoped to learn baby CPR, and perhaps some other skills like swaddling and what to expect in the diaper department. We left very unsatisfied. The first few minutes was a slew of handouts which included many wrong numbers [...]
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More than meets the eye
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Jason and I have been working on the webserver for the past few days trying to get my new site working the way I want. After many lost hairs (I can’t afford to lose anymore!) we’ve finally managed to get it working.
The new Amber and Mike website is not just a visual change, but [...]
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Rockin’ in the Free World
April 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
One thing I have enjoy about the Navy is the people. So much so in fact, that we’ve begun hosting parties and having people over from class, and others from various boats stationed here.
Now, maybe it was the lack of a real ‘college’ experience, but in my mind, you need to provide some type of [...]
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