BRUCE THE BLOG
By Bruce Apar
When Bruce The Blog Listens, People Talk
During the 2000 Mildred Strang middle school’s Frost Valley retreat, Harrison’s classmates cheered him on as he made every last effort to scale a wall. He did not want to be pitied or treated as different from average-size kids.
This is the time of year — specifically, this weekend — we’ve awaited for months.
Spring is fragrant with possibilities, with renewed spirit, with romance.
If you Google “songs about spring,” the search engine will shower you with 142 million results. There’s much to sing about as we warm to the therapeutic balm of Mother Nature.
For our family, spring brings a flowering of intermingled memories and emotions. It was 13 years ago on March 20 — the vernal equinox — that our son Harrison went in for his third open-heart surgery, at age 15.
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