by stevesparks | Nov 17, 2020 | Building Healthy Communities, Ptsd, Uncategorized
It was Christmas eve 1935 in St Paul, Mn. My dad, Vernon, and his pop, Al Sparks, just returned home after an afternoon visiting his Pop’s favorite bars in the neighborhood. Grandpa was already “3 sheets to the wind” as his family would observe when...
by stevesparks | Nov 13, 2020 | Building Healthy Communities, children, Military, Ptsd, Uncategorized, Veterans
https://youtu.be/1k6bH9yVeyM Marcella Sparks 1918-2016 Greatest Generation of Mom’s… “I waited.And waited…And then…I waited some more.”#####During the worst of WWII starting with Pearl Harbor, my mom didn’t know if her husband, Vernon, was dead or alive for many...
by stevesparks | May 9, 2020 | Building Healthy Communities, children, Military, Uncategorized, Veterans
Marcella Sparks 1918-2016 Greatest Generation of Mom’s… “I waited.And waited…And then…I waited some more.”#####During the worst of WWII starting with Pearl Harbor, my mom didn’t know if her husband, Vernon, was dead or alive for many weeks. She first...
by stevesparks | May 27, 2019 | Building Healthy Communities, children, Depoe Bay, Family, Homelessness, Military, Uncategorized, Veterans
Jenny Green Children’s Advocate, photographer of rain forests ‘n sea… https://www.facebook.com/jenny.green.3762 “Jack” King of The Rain Forest and Jenny’s best friend and furry loved one…...
