Just past a year.
Should've posted an update on the anniversary - I blew it.
Shane's pumpin iron & getting "fat" - for a skinny kid.
Buffin' up.
Michelle's holding her own - a very staunch Lady! Would never know unless told.
Christmas with them & the grandkids was a true blessing.
A year later & who woulda thunk?
Seems their house - a 2-story-thing - has a pair of red boxing gloves mounted over a "KEEP ON FIGHTING" plaque just outside all the bedroom doors & above the descent towards the "living level."
Seems those gloves have made a huge impression on this family.
& friends, neighbors & just plain lurker-types, if you look back in this thread's chronology, you'll find that those gloves may have turned the tide for my "adopted" son's life.
Such an expression of a human touch.
I'm in awe of someone to bother to find, purchase, mail - do all those little things to make such a huge difference to someone they've never known - other than by a sig-line over an electronic media.
So very significant
The Gloved One wishes to remain secret & what can one do but honor that?
Thanks, GO, & to all who chimed in on a rather trying, but blessed road - all told.