26 March 2007 by ben.

Three and a half years ago, Kim and I first learned of Bonnie’s dream to take horseback riding lessons. Bonnie’s teacher had handed us Bonnie’s journal so that we could see an example of Bonnie’s every day writing, and I happened to turn to a recent entry in which Bonnie described her precious dream of learning to ride a horse someday, a dream so special, she wrote, that dare not even ask us because she was so sure we’d say “No.”

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4 March 2007 by ben.

On Sunday, 4 February 07, Phil stayed in Tucson for his final performance of Madame Butterfly, and Kim, Marion and I hiked most of the way up the Pontatoc Canyon Trail just north of Tucson, rising about 1900′ above the trail head and about 2500′ above Tucson for this beautiful panorama.
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4 March 2007 by ben.

After visiting the De Grazia’s Gallery in the Sun, my parents followed us to our motel where we checked in and relaxed for a few hours before going to dinner and then attending Phil’s performance of Madame Butterfly.

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