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Throwback Thursday: 2010ish

10 September 2015

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Throwback Thursday: 2010ish

Our family has had more than the average allotment of medical issues. This was Eli’s last big medical thing he had to get out of the way before we could sell everything and take off cruising. Because achondroplasia is a bone-growth disorder, the ability of his skeleton to support the normal weight of his body […]

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Got My Gimpwalk On

20 August 2014

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Got My Gimpwalk On

So, I fell the other night. It’s a thing I do. Chalk it up to nerve damage, tiredness, and the inherent klutziness that spawned my childhood nickname, “Grace”. Blame it on the dark and Mexico’s famously uneven and potholed sidewalks. Whatever. All I know is one minute, we’re all having a fine time, walking through the […]

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Angel Smiles

17 May 2014

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Angel Smiles

“Hello, I remember you from last year.” It was the last night of the insane 9-day, round-the-clock fiesta that marks the celebration of La Cruz’s founding. I turned away from the stage, where adorable 5 year old girls were re-enacting hula dances from Lilo & Stitch, to see who, in this great crush of people, […]

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Drunken Boaters

9 June 2013

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Drunken Boaters

This is not the post that you thought it would be. You might expect me to complain about the drinking habits of boaters. It wouldn’t be out of character if I did. I’m not. I want only to explain. We have friends, quite a few here and along the way, that subsist mainly on alcohol. It’s […]

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Random La Cruz de Huanacaxtle

16 April 2013

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Random La Cruz de Huanacaxtle

We spent a month in Puerto Vallarta (pre-boat) a couple of years after I got hurt. I was still in a wheelchair and that’s the biggest reason we came–hoping that the much warmer climate and water might loosen up some of the scar tissue in my muscles and help get me moving again. The trip […]

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