tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914747962603935242.post8617632141467670314..comments2023-09-21T08:29:10.878-04:00Comments on ilovemylife: THE GIFT OF BEING HUMAN TO ANOTHER HUMAN IS A VERY SPECIAL GIFTilovemylifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08414309954012911205noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914747962603935242.post-91183870639286745942011-04-02T23:54:39.686-04:002011-04-02T23:54:39.686-04:00Jonathan dances. Music: Starting All Over Again by...Jonathan dances. Music: Starting All Over Again by Hall and Oates.<br /><br />This is the very first video ever taken of Jonathan ~ May 27, 1996. I met him at the end of October 1995. At the time, he was in Mrs. D's second grade class and living with one of several foster families that he was placed with over the course of two years. He was one of hundreds of music students that I was teaching in a public school that year. On this day, he was visiting our home and I got out the huge video camera that I owned. Since March of that year, I was giving him free piano lessons and helping him with his speech lessons with the blessing of the foster family. On this day, we had planted a bush in the front yard and named it after him. That bush didn't survive and thrive, but Jonathan has! He is wearing Mark's sweater, here. Although the video tape was defective since the day I shot this, my video teacher helped me in June 2009 with his great equipment in video class, to transfer it from my VHS video tape.... so that I could upload this on my computer and then I could share it with Jonathan on youtube as a private video. It came out much better quality than how it had deteriorated on the tape. So I am thrilled, as Jonathan is so adorable in these few minutes of memorable video.<br /><br />Jonathan now is a young man that just gave me the blessing of a human being with thoughtful listening and feedback, care, compassion and a bountiful heart on this very day - my birthday - April 2, 2011. Jonathan is now 23 years old. And graduates May 6, 2011 from Northeastern University with 2 degrees:<br />Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering; GPA: 3.8/4.0<br />Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering<br />From his Website<br /><a href="http://www1.coe.neu.edu/%7Ejhammel/JonathanHammel/Resume.html" rel="nofollow">http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~jhammel/JonathanHammel/Resume.html</a><br /><br />Jonathan ~ You are something special.<br /><br />Love, Momilovemylifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414309954012911205noreply@blogger.com