Derek Coward on July 30th, 2009

This is a bad picture, but my best friend Shawn Crump got a very prestigious honor. Here is the official Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COUNCILWOMAN BRENDA JONES PRESENTS SPIRIT OF DETROIT AWARD Shawn Crump, IBEW Local 58 Business Agent receives award at Detroit Skilled Trades Task Force Meeting DETROIT, Mi.-(July 28, 2009). Detroit City […]

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Derek Coward on July 26th, 2009

Thanks to everyone who wished me well.

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Derek Coward on July 25th, 2009

July 25, 2009. We had a family reunion at David Shepherd Park in Oak Park, MI. We only got rained on once and everybody seemed to have a good time. I hope to get more pictures sent to me from others who were there, but in the meantime, here are a few that I took: […]

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Derek Coward on July 25th, 2009

Keeping with the tradition of me posting birthday wishes late, my oldest child Jaymie turned 27 this week. That makes me feel older than all the aches, pains and gray hairs combined. But that’s a good “old” feeling. She has always had the uncanny ability to make me feel old for no reason. Once I […]

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Derek Coward on July 25th, 2009

July 19 is the birthday of my Aunt Cheryl. She wasn’t at home when I called her, but luckily we live in the Future Age of Technological Wonders and I was able to reach her on her cell phone. Our conversation was very quick, less than a minute quick, but the high points were “Happy […]

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Derek Coward on July 6th, 2009

We aren’t positive how old Kimber was. He was a rescue cat that was found in an empty apartment with two other cats. I’m not sure what happened to the other two cats, but Kimber changed hands a couple of times before he came to live with me in 1999. On a continuous basis, he […]

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