Category Chris Gabbard
Bringing August home
For August’s story, go to A Life Beyond Reason . July 12th, 2014 . . 215 photos of the day we dispersed August’s ashes into the Pacific Ocean at Tennessee Valley Beach in California. Thanks to Sally McDonald, Linda Rieger, Mary Fisher Orzoff, Susan Estilaei, Karla Welch, Katy Lynn, Daniel Lanford, and Tara Mantovani Stamm […]
Age 0 – 3: August photo slideshow
SLIDESHOW LOADS SLOWLY: BE PATIENT! For August’s story, go to A Life Beyond Reason . 373 photos . . . . . . . . . . . . .
August’s honorary diploma
For August’s story, go to A Life Beyond Reason . August was given an honorary diploma at the Mt. Herman graduation ceremony on May 29th, 2014. With Duval County Public Schools superintendent Nikolai Vitti in attendance, Paula Wright, school board member representing district 4, gave Chris Gabbard his son’s diploma. Chris also received this: This video’s […]
Balloon release at Mt. Herman
For August’s story, go to A Life Beyond Reason . At the sensory garden and mobility park of the Mt. Herman Exceptional Student Center today (April 17th, 2014), an Easter Egg-Stravaganza was held. Part of the event entailed a balloon release in memory of the four Mt. Herman children who have died this past year: […]
My friend, August, by Jamie Berube
Everyday Dolce: finding the dolce in everyday stories of life, love, and food, by Jamie Cornman. My friend, August, 03/11/14
Remembrance set to Mozart’s *Requiem*
For August’s story, go to A Life Beyond Reason . / Alternative link / Two-hundred photographs from August’s life sequenced from the end (celebration service on October 19th and tree plantings in his memory on November 22nd, 2013) back to his birth in San Francisco at UCSF on March 5, 1999. The montage is set to 3 […]
August’s trees at Mt. Herman and DLC, November 22, 2013 (slideshow and video)
For August’s story, go to A Life Beyond Reason . On the afternoon of November 22nd, 2013, two tangerine trees were planted atop August’s ashes, one at the Mt. Herman Center for Exceptional Students in Springfield, the other at the Developmental Learning Center (DLC) in Murray Hill. Chris and Lauren Trad (of Trad’s Garden […]
Celebration of August’s life (video), October 19, 2013
For August’s story, go to A Life Beyond Reason . All of the celebration is worth viewing, but if you cannot watch it all, do not miss section five, The Balloon Release. / Alternative link / Thanks to George Foote for making this video presentation possible. . . . .
August’s celebration (video): Mark Cashen’s remarks
For August’s story, go to A Life Beyond Reason . Video by George Foote: Principal Mark Cashen of the Mt. Herman Exceptional Student Center delivering remarks at the celebration of August’s life. / Alternative link / . . . . .
August’s celebration, attendees and wind down, slideshow #3 of 3
For August’s story, go to A Life Beyond Reason . Slide show of August’s celebration, attendees (part three of three). Photographs by Jordan Lee. . . . . .
There was a boy 
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