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A lot happened in 2011, including three surgeries, trips to visit family, narrowly avoiding a serious train accident, backpacking on an island, getting a pet eel, one of my very few regrets with Kellisa, and Oh Yeah....we legally adopted Laurel!

Here's the link to the original post from May 15, 2017: Our Expanding Universe - 2011  

#1 Kellisa Reaches 18

#3 May is a very big deal!!!

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I knew we had something big planned for Kellisa's 18th birthday and wanted to set the foundation by explaining why.

Here's the link to the original post from May 1, 2017: May 2017 is a VERY BIG DEAL!!!

#2 Our Expanding Universe - 2011

#4 Driving into a Horror Movie Scene

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I get spooked all the time deep in the wilderness, but I rarely get seriously scared. Kellisa and I had just finished a beautiful hike in Northern Idaho when we had an encounter with a man and his chainsaw.

Here's the link to the original post from July 13, 2018: Driving into a Horror Movie Scene.

#3 May 2017 is a VERY BIG DEAL!!!

#5 Hotel Safety (Part II)

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5 years ago to the day, I didn't follow my own safety rules and we found ourselves on the 3rd floor of a burning hotel.

Here's the link to the original post from May 22, 2015: Hotel Safety (Part II).

#4 Driving into a Horror Movie Scene

#6 84 Cents

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This is an interesting post to make our top 10 most popular list. It's my recap of 2000 and 2001. A lot of things happened in those years when Kellisa was a very medically fragile baby. In a lot of ways, looking back, it was a simpler and easier time even though we had zero idea while we were living it. In other regards, it was some of the most difficult days. 

I named the post, "84 Cents" because Lisa and I had to pay out of pocket for one of Kellisa's emergency brain surgeries because the insurance company didn't agree with the neurosurgeon that Kellisa's life was on the line. We decided to trust the doctor and it took literally everything we had and more than can be imagined. We had no money, gas, or food, but Kellisa was alive and fighting and we owed it to her to give her every chance. 

Roughly two decades have passed and I don't think we'd change a single thing from these years. It would be easy to say, we wish insurance would have paid for the brain surgery (and resulting hospital stay and follow-up appointments), but then I'm not sure we would have ended up in Jacksonville where we spent 16 years. It's where Kellisa grew up and set the foundation for who she is today. We met many amazing people during our time in Jax. Lastly, if we didn't end up in Duval, it's highly unlikely we would have ended up with Laurel. 

So...yeah...it all happened for a reason!

Here's the link to the original blog post from May 2, 2017: 84 Cents (2000 & 2001)

#5 Hotel Safety (Part II)

#7 Freedom Push Chair

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