I wish we could alert drivers not to throw their cigarettes out the window. They take more time to pick up than anything else.

This is something special, I know it is special to James because this is where it all began. It is also kind of sad because we did have some good times here (as a family). We always were coming up here to play.

Janice Robinson, who contributes Christmas gifts for the children that the center works with, is a friend of mine for many years. She told me that they were having trouble raising funds this year because everyone was contributing to Hurricane Katrina relief.

When his mother asks him to do something, he usually does it.

You don't know how I feel when I see him smiling like that. To see him smiling again without it being crooked. He would smile and only half of it would work, and you knew he wasn't really smiling because he was still wondering whether he'd ever play again.

He would have been busting out of his shirt. I hope he still is.