tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post8576906098103238820..comments2024-03-28T15:12:21.172-04:00Comments on calvin's story: graduation dayChristy Shakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-16560278372626664842013-05-27T15:47:51.406-04:002013-05-27T15:47:51.406-04:00i do, carol, along with the rest of the shitty rea...i do, carol, along with the rest of the shitty reality that is epilepsy. but i do see that my boy is the purest heart there is. MY boy. xoxoChristy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-83590068201070069112013-05-27T15:46:02.401-04:002013-05-27T15:46:02.401-04:00I second Leslie Burns' comments...Right On!!! ...I second Leslie Burns' comments...Right On!!! You may feel "who needs it" for the comment you are a richer person, but it is true you have a depth and significance very few others have--because mostly their lives are so much easier. Do try to see and know that truth....Carolhttp://gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-13286260282956577842013-05-25T18:53:54.200-04:002013-05-25T18:53:54.200-04:00thank you julianna. you are so sweet. thank you julianna. you are so sweet. Christy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-88137194721386597512013-05-25T18:39:55.789-04:002013-05-25T18:39:55.789-04:00His accomplishments are wonderful. Liberal arts gr...His accomplishments are wonderful. Liberal arts grads do become lawyers and doctors and politicians, but they also become worriers, obsessors and over-thinkers. Calvin and Bowdoin graduates will bring different things into the world. Although I do not know him personally, I am sure that Calvin will bring an ability to be in the moment and a simplicity that the majority of Phi Beta Kappa members and Fulbright scholars cannot achieve. tropicalpenguin18https://www.blogger.com/profile/11800176995322015524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-65644366765258241092013-05-24T21:53:28.508-04:002013-05-24T21:53:28.508-04:00Given the enormous challenges Calvin faces, his ac...Given the enormous challenges Calvin faces, his accomplishments are also amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-73316495837267675502013-05-24T20:33:34.692-04:002013-05-24T20:33:34.692-04:00dear leslie,
what you say is so true. i just wis...dear leslie, <br /><br />what you say is so true. i just wish that calvin didn't have to suffer, that we didn't have to watch him suffer, that it wasn't so goddamn hard. and that is coming from someone who likes a challenge! calvin has already done all the things you mention and more and i do have a rich, rich life. <br /><br />xoxoChristy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-86333179168775570232013-05-24T20:28:28.119-04:002013-05-24T20:28:28.119-04:00You know Christy, all those kids have something to...You know Christy, all those kids have something to offer, which will leave their thumbprint on life. But Calvin will leave his too. He may not be a bank president or a store manager or a construction worker, but he will leave his thumbprint by teaching people patience, empathy, joy and more. We won't know for a long time all that he will teach our world, but it may actually be a much more important and valuable thumbprint than any freakin bank president or lawyer. I know you are sad for what could have been, but your life will mean a whole lot more to Calvin than paying for his college. A lot of people don't have the capacity to do what you do everyday of your life. You are a richer person, even if some days feel like crap. It may not feel like it now, but when you are old and reflect back on these days, I think you will be very proud of yourself. Your friends are certainly proud of you.<br /><br />LeslieLeslie Burnsnoreply@blogger.com