“David, autistic and homebound with no communication skills, has never had a birthday with peers. Recent loss of his grandmother left him even more isolated. Then, in a moment I’ll never forget, he finally spoke—and I was amazed.” (Link Below)

This is Mr. Brown. He is a teacher at Skagit County Juvenile Detention Center. When I was 15 and in school there, the conversation came up that he had gone to graduations for past inmates with pizza and other fun stuff. I told him he should come to my graduation in a dress. He laughed […]

This is Barnie. For nearly six years, he lived behind the bars of a shelter. No one chose him. Too big, too old, too “plain,” some said. But Barnie never lost hope. And he never let go of his stuffed monkey, his beloved plush toy that had been patched up by volunteers more times than […]