Finally Caught Up on Photos!
December photos are posted. I’m finally done with 2007.
January photos are also posted. There are only a few 5K pictures, nothing too exciting.
Archive for February, 2008
Still Need Convincing?
If our last post didn’t make you want to see the documentary “Darius Goes West”, then check out the trailer.
Benjy and I own the DVD if anyone needs to borrow it!
Darius Goes West
Benjy and I just got back from a screening of the multi-award-winning documentary “Darius Goes West”. This documentary is a very inspiring and uplifting story about Darius Weems, an Athens native, who is pretty dern funny and a true hero in our eyes. We highly recommend that everyone see this film! We were fighting back tears the entire movie; tears of sorrow, joy and laughter.
Here is a synopsis from the official website:
Where would you go if you’d never been away from home? What would you do if you didn’t have much time left? DARIUS WENT WEST!
Meet 15-year-old Darius Weems from Athens, Georgia, who was born with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), the most common fatal genetic disorder to affect children worldwide. In 1999, he watched his beloved older brother, Mario, pass away from the same disease at age 19. Soon after, Darius lost use of the muscles in his legs and had to begin using a wheelchair.
A group of Darius’s college-age friends decided there was no need for his quality of life to disintegrate along with his muscles. In the summer of 2005, they rented a wheelchair-accessible RV and took Darius, who had never seen mountains, the ocean or even crossed a state line, on the adventure of a lifetime. The ultimate goal of their 7,000-mile cross-country journey was to reach Los Angeles and convince MTV’s hit show “Pimp My Ride” to customize Darius’s wheelchair. Along the way, they evaluated wheelchair accessibility in America, celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and raised awareness of DMD – particularly among a generation not familiar with Jerry Lewis. They also found joy, brotherhood and the knowledge that life, even when imperfect, is always worth the ride.
*All profits from this documentary will be donated to Charley’s Fund (www.charleysfund.org) for DMD research in hopes of finding treatment or a cure for this disease.
November Photos
November photos are posted. Slowly I’m making my way through 2007…
October Photos
October photos are posted. It’s about time, right?!
Also we have a new photo posted on the Benjerin home page. Check it out! Many, many thanks to Kasie for putting up with us and the doggies to take that picture!
