Thoughts

With My Own Two Hands Ben Harper I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place With my own two hands With my own With my own two hands I can make peace on earth With my own two hands I ...

Have Heart My Dear Snow Patrol I’ll sing it one last time for you Then we really have to go You’ve been the only thing that’s right In all I’ve done And I can barely look at you But every single time I do I know we’ll make it anywhere Away from here Light up, ...

Beloved One Ben Harper We have both been here before Knockin’ upon love’s door Begging for someone to let us in Knowing this we can agree to keep each other company Never to go down that road again My beloved one My beloved one Your eyes shine through me You are so divine to me ...

For the next couple of days, I will be out of town staying with Patrick’s family.  I will not have internet access. Yesterday was the arraignment for the driver who killed Pat.  Unfortunately, we waited for 2 hours only to be told it will be postponed until Friday morning.  The full story can be found ...

I am Sarah…..married to Joe, Nancy’s brother.  I thought I’d properly identify myself here since I forgot to do so when I shared a little bit about Pat at the reception after his funeral.  I think I felt pressed for time there and only ended up telling a story of paddling with him, and a few ...

Today was the arraignment for the driver. He pled guilty to two class C felonies: driving while intoxicated and failing to stop at an accident, resulting in death. WNDU did a news segment that captures pretty well how I felt.  Go to the following link and click on the little video camera icon under the ...

The South Bend Tribune printed a good article by Pablo Ros on the whole arraignment situation: Driver:  I was drunk I want so desperately for something good to come of Patrick’s death–I do not want to his death to be in vain. Please consider and discuss with me what we can do in our community ...

Today WSBT interviewed me.  The article link is here. Look for the box that says: MULTIMEDIA “Watch the Video” Nancy ...

I’m typing on my desktop computer back in our bedroom in the dark while my kids are sleeping on mattresses all around me.  The sound of nothing but the pecking keyboard reminds me of Pat.  In the last year, I’d often go to bed earlier than he did, and I’d hear this sound as I’d ...

My heart goes out to the family of Carol Ragsdale who died Saturday morning in Mishawaka by another drunk driver. What can be done? I wish this nightmare on no one. There are a few campaigns to help through Mothers Against Drunk Drivers.  One is an ignition interlock for convicted DUI offenders.  To support this ...

Here’s another “Voice of the People” contribution to the South Bend Tribune.  Please help us keep this issue in the forefront. View other opinions at the “Voice of the People” link above.  I’ve also included the Tribune’s contact information so you can write your own opinion on bike safety or drunk driving. Public Outcry August ...

Grief is so erratic, so volatile. I realize the *only* way I can healthily survive grief is by experiencing it face on. I have had so many thoughts in the past several days that I want to write about. Writing on this site has been so therapeutic for me. I feel a strong need to ...

I am just sick.  My hands are shaking as I type.  Yesterday, early morning, a 38 year old man, Peter Kaczor,  training for a triathlon, was struck by a car and died at the scene.  My heart goes out to the family!!  I hope I can contact them somehow. Here’s the article in the South ...

Thank you, Heidi, for passing along this YouTube video.  It shows Amsterdam, the “City of Bikes”.  Do you think an American city can ever come close? Nancy ...

Hi, it’s Tommy again. Thank you, Pam, for telling me about such a great idea to plant a tree for Papa.  There’s a plum tree that’s in our side yard that’s perfect for climbing because it’s hidden away in a bush.  I’m not tall enough to reach the first branch, so I grab the trunk, ...

More awareness is needed on everyone’s part–drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, mo-peds, wheelchairs!! Here’s the most recent in our community: Man on moped killed in Elkhart collision My sincerest condolences to Garry Holloway’s family.  He was only 28. ...