I’m still out in California. Being here means meeting lots of new people.. and seeing old friends again. This brings me face to face with the ‘how have you been ?’ question.. what do I say ? Several folks on this trip have asked me about my Sam button. I’ve been asked by 3 folks if it’s a picture of me when I was young.. (no chance.. I was never that good looking. ).. Whatever they say it’s an invitation to  retell Sam’s story. I like talking about him.. even so, I’m never sure what I should say. Many people respond to the story so strongly that I sometimes feel the need to apologize for telling them. Is it better to keep it to myself ? Am I wrong for being so in peoples face about Sam’s story ? I can say that it sure feels right to keep wearing his picture.

   I’ve done a bunch of talking about Sam and our family on this trip.. The folks I’m traveling with are good listeners.. and that helps me. This morning I had a great run with my friend Modest. We talked about this blog.. and why I keep it.  And about the whole use of MySpace / blogs/ social networking as part of  healing. It’s not so much the substance of what I  record every day, e.g. what I eat, who I see.. what I do… as much as it is taking the time at the end of each day to reflect. It’s really addicting…

    To that end, my day here was ….. pretty unexciting.. I sat through a day long very meeting that was very interesting.. though somewhat inconclusive. One high point is that the company we were visiting ordered pizza and they got a cheese-less veggie because one of their engineers is also vegan.. I totally lucked out there. 

After work I made a quick pass through my favorite electronic surplus store which was fun.. Then I  had a very nice dinner with my friends at a Vietnamese place in downtown san jose.

   I’m now back in my hotel room struggling to stay awake..   I’m heading home tomorrow night.. very much missing my family now. I think I’ll end here before I fall asleep on my keyboard as I did last night. Gnite all

 

 

-jc

ps. two new SamStone placements this week.. one at the little mermaid stature in copenhagen. and one on the great wall of china.. we’re spreading Sam’s spirit all over the world !