Starr and Skye celebrating at the Oakland game watching those .........Yankees defeat the A's 5-0. We had a great time and this leaves Kathy and I just two more games to go (Dodgers and Angels) to complete our goal of attending the all five MLB teams in California. This picture is funny because it would annoy  people trying to watching the ball going across home plate . Of course Starr loved the attention. One more degree to go -Kjell- and two grand babies this summer. We're getting older and cross roads are all over the place.


How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Anne Frank

Here is Skye Summer Stoddard. MA in Public Health. We are really proud of her and feel overwhelmed by the continued success of our children. She knocked this degree out of the park. ( Darn Yankees!) Kathy, Starr and I  really enjoyed her commencement activities and were amazed at the awards she received. What a great kid.

Introducing Starr Rebecca Stoddard who achieved a Masters Degree. I an so proud of her for her diligence and "sticking to it" power. Despite our differences in opinion I think we both agree upon the worth of each individual in the whole realm of things. Starr has empowered herself to do what many of us just think about doing-that is helping others daily to overcome fear and self doubt. As her dad I an extremely proud of her and know of the hard work and dedication it took for her to accomplish this degree. As your Mom echoed throughout the The Save Mart Center as your received your recognition "You Go Girl!!!"

It's Mother's day and I miss my mother. I get a longing feeling for my mom and I am extremely, not jealous, but overwhelmingly melancholy when people, my age, still have their parents around them. I would love to be able to talk to my mother and get her advice and discuss with her the things that I have learned in the last thirty years of life. I also find it amazing that there are many who do not appreciate their mothers and take them for granted. As for me, I loved my mother and wish I would have talked to her more and listened intensely. She was a teacher-a good one, who managed to be a mother of four boys while becoming qualified to be a teacher and still took care of us and cared for us boys, despite our differences. I believe my children's mother is like that as well. She is a Mother first and foremost and never has neglected her duty as a mother. I love her for that and hope my children will always remember the dedication and love she has for them.