A new Program Director came in a few months ago, name of Phil. Walking around the Ranch, Phil discovered an out-of-the-way garden, neglected and umkempt, much like the garden in the well known book The Secret Garden. He asked me about it and I told him, shamefaced, the story of Sara’s Garden–that it’s a memorial…
“Sis Was Slow”
Wednesday was our last day to play in Florida. I stayed home to blog, and Kelly joined the sisters on their last beach run. We’d planned to go see Toy Story 3 in the afternoon, but everyone was so tired that after a late lunch Carolyn suggested we instead watch Mamma Mia, the sing-a-long version. Inspired…
But There’s Nothing There!
That’s what the people in charge of the MARC Center in Rockdale reported in 1995 after a scouting expedition to Down Home Ranch as we prepared for the first ever Ranch Camp. The Marc Center is an activity center/workshop for adults with intellectual disabilities. We became acquainted with them through board members and volunteers in Rockdale,…
“Go now!”
Session 1 of Camp is over and I went to closing Saturday morning. I didn’t know as many of the camper families in this session—which was for teens and young adults—as I usually do. Most of the campers Miss Gay and I worked with the first 12 years of camp are now attending the adult camps.…