PHENOMENON

october 12, 2012

lakeview hospital

bountiful, utah

rick had surgery

on his neck

medical science

technology

wonderful doctors

caring nurses

evidence of god's love for rick

dr. steven's

worked on c3- c7

removed one vertebrae

ground the bone

deposited the crushed bone

in a wire mesh cage

placed the wire cage

four hours later

rick is in recovery room

movement, feeling

returning within the day

the whole process 

*PHENOMENON

*remarkable

noah treated his dad

(and himself)

smooth, creamy, cool,

haagen-dazs

FINESSE

between doctor appointments

noah's homework

pruning

yardwork

job endeavors

rick was busy creating 

found a pattern

"Y" symbol

for his favorite team

measure. saw, sand, bend, staple,

get noah

father son moment

cougar blue paint

paint one coat

two coat

three

hang above the garage

3 hours

and

50 dollars later

*ingenuity

*FINESSE

POTENTATE

it's official

one chick

became stately rooster

still trying to
find his
doodle-
doo

like a boy whose

voice is changing

crakety- crackety

crack

and boy oh boy

does he rule
 the roost

*POTENTATE
*monarch, ruler 

MAESTRO

the beauty

of being an advocate

for students with 

special needs

 opportunities

to learn what they learn
i am

 better at math

no make that algebra
i do

 science experiments

help diagram sentences

read interesting books

and for the first time

sit in art class

last year,

i would walk by
mr. malzl's

room fascinated

with the art projects

available to the class
recycle art
with soda cans
paper clips

ink pens

from life size cellophane people
made with packing tape

 to miniature clay sculptures

making it appear

easy as abc

cave art

i sit in class and listen

to instruction in his

german accent

today

vantage point

used in making an arch

i pulled out my teacher plan book

and sketched away

to become

*creator

*MAESTRO

of my own

art
mr. malzl also teaches
photography
hmmmmm

CARITAS

one tender mercy after another

kd price

my friend and colleague

fresh cherry tomatoes

and large ones too

garden vegetables

and beautiful peaches

 tomato sandwiches

stuffed peppers

and grilled veggies

the cherry tomatoes

so sweet and delicious

(i ate them like i would a bag of candy)

a bowl of fresh peaches

natures dessert

one of a million ways

my life has been blessed by kd

no wonder

her children are happy 

and 

my employment 

in a classroom with her

is best said by paige

*CARITAS
*christian love and charity

tube wars

i have just two words

crazy. crazy. crazy.

fun. fun. fun.

(repeated multiple times to

emphasize an afternoon)

of *CRAZY FUN

*tube wars

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