Sean's People - Jill Lauchle

Jill Lauchle was Sean's teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver. Alas once Sean left TJ we lost track of both Jill and the teacher's aide Martha. But during Sean's time at TJ (2 years) Jill worked hard to make something of the classroom and provide a meaningful environment for the children in it. Their whole team was enthusiastic, upbeat and caring. Special Ed is a tough area to work in I reckon and people like Jill Lauchle and Martha Reardon are absolute gems.

Sean's People - Kevin Bingham

Kevin's parents were our neighbors for a while and that's how we got to meet. Kevin is an accomplished horseman, just like his father, Sam. During his years at Pomona College Kevin took on a summer job of working with Sean - and what a team they turned out to be.

Kevin's family had two Inidian ponies that were stabled at the same place as Bailey and Kevin used to take Sean out riding - here is a pic of Sean, Kevin and one of the ponies..

Oh yeah - you will see a lot of entries coming up in the blog for Kevin - he was a very important part of Sean's life for a while - we could never do justice to all that in just one post!

Sean's people

Now that we have a working scanner we can upload some of the pictures of people who have worked with Sean throughout his life. Part of working with Sean is getting help from many different people. It has been truly amazing - sometimes when you read the newspapers or watch the news you may think that the world is going down the tubes and that no-one cares about anyone else. Our experiences have been TOTALLY different to that.

Over the next few days we'll be uploading some pictures of people who have made a big difference in Sean's and our lives. We hope you enjoy meeting them as much as we do.

Saturday morning

Well today is the day we were going to take a look at Dolly but I have come down with the galloping crud and it looks like Sean is on his way to getting it as well so we have to bag the visit for today I reckon. Drat!

It is a beautiful morning here in eastern Colorado and as soon as I stop blowing my nose and coughing and sneezing I will no doubt enjoy it..

Sean as a baby

Finally we got a working scanner so I was able to scan my absolute favorite picture of Sean when he was a baby. Look at the grin - how could you not fall in love with that little guy?

Could this be our perfect SEAN PROJECT horse?

Meet Dolly! She belongs to a friend. She is a big Belgian/Quarterhorse cross. She's got that draft temperament I adore, and she's big enough for two people to rider her DOUBLE.

In a few days we hope to meet her. And if we all get along, we may very well be welcoming Dolly home to our place to have a job helping Sean learn to ride with me again!!