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I’ve been a part of online communities for so long, it’s hard to remember life without it. I can recall running to RadioShack in the early 90s to hook my then-smoking hot computer to the small but growing America Online in order to chat with a group of triathletes. Connecting with people of like-minds has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Holidays’
December 10th, 2009
My Girl’s Spirit
I never saw it coming — my little 6-year-old, sweet as can be, full of life and laughter — that my daughter would take out Santa Claus. But she did. And how. Approaching Santa, my daughter asked him a question in Spanish, at which point he was unable to answer. And when he did with [...]
November 30th, 2009
Tree Climber Saves Christmas
You’ve heard me blog and beg and plead and look to you to help us find someone to light the local tree. The extraordinary Straun Edwards from Trees 360 Degrees did indeed light the tree for our community and the San Jose Mercury News’ Sharon Noguchi covered the event.
Read the awesome story here!
Posted in Giving, Holidays 
Tags: christmas, Holidays, lighting, mercury news, sharon noguchi, tree 
No Comments »November 20th, 2009
Fearless Wonder
My little Thing 2 took to the stage tonight. It wasn’t after nine months of ballet rehearsal, it wasn’t a school recital. She took to the stage when at the Santana Row Tree Lighting event, they asked for children to hit the stage. And she did. Front and center. Belting out Christmas carols like she [...]
