Tag Archives: Five Valued Experiences

Honorees

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Candice Jones Peelman

Each year, Hamilton County Board of DD Services gives out awards at its annual  banquet.  This year, they are giving out nine awards.  Out of the nine awards, people connected to Starfire won five!  Here are their stories: Kasey McCarthy- … Continue reading →

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Being Loved

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Candice Jones Peelman

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” — Thomas Merton We’ve received … Continue reading →

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The Endless Immensity of the Sea

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Candice Jones Peelman

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” – Antoine de Saint Exupéry After … Continue reading →

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SRV (in grandpa’s words)

Posted on August 13, 2012 by katiebachmeyer

For every birthday growing up, I received a card from my grandparents with a check in the amount of my age.  Scrawled out in Grandpa’s characteristic lefty-handwriting, with a smiley face in place of an “o” or two, it was … Continue reading →

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Ten Hours with Starfire

Posted on July 30, 2012 by katiebachmeyer

This post is a copy of a letter originally sent to Cincinnati Enquirer journalist, Krista Ramsey, in response to her “Best view of Cincinnati – it’s heart” article. In this article, Ramsey describes her work as a journalist the chance … Continue reading →

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The Magic Phone

Posted on January 4, 2012 by kathywenning

Joe just got a new cell phone for his birthday.  Just so you know: in Joe’s opinion, this is the best gift he has ever gotten in his whole life and he is obsessed with it.  Now, this is not … Continue reading →

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Secret Standards No One Told Us About or Things Others Knew and Kept to Themselves

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Candice Jones Peelman

I remember a year or so back, Tim had a meeting with someone important.  He was explaining our work of including people in service and decision making, advocating for choices, all the goodness we’ve blogged about for the past couple … Continue reading →

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Carpe Diem

Posted on December 12, 2011 by katiebachmeyer

There is something about a moment. Fleeting, intangible, insignificant in the grand scheme, yet a moment when “great” has the energy to be without end, to live on in us and through the people we touch.  A great moment has … Continue reading →

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Parking Lots

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Candice Jones Peelman

At Thursday meeting last week Tim and Meghan talked about how stranger danger is great for kids. We obviously don’t want little kids walking up and talking to every person they meet, getting and giving out personal information. However, a … Continue reading →

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Up for interpretation…

Posted on November 30, 2011 by katiebachmeyer

At this moment, millions of people around the world are uploading, updating, and sharing their stories across sites like Youtube, Facebook, Flickr, Blogger, Twitter, etc. etc. ad infinitum etc(!). There is a template to fit any mood, image, or tagline. … Continue reading →

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