I've heard of everything from chicken soup to baking soda. Tomato juice is a big one, and that's actually not good for a dog to drink. None of these work, and, in fact, they only serve to make the dog go to the bathroom more often.

It's more than down and out. It's his choice. He loves being Slim. He could cash out, if he pushed it. But that would lead to a life he doesn't want.

Some does in labor really make a racket, but she didn't make any noise at all.

Primarily because we didn't want them to worry, ... and we knew they were going to worry constantly.

The whole thing with the power of prayer in our minds is true. And a lot of what has happened, and the strength he has gained back and progress he's made, without sounding corny, I think a lot is attributed to prayers.

Some friends of ours had a pirogue and we picked him up in it.

Some of the teachers and the administrators are part of the problem. The federal, the state just needs to come in and take over, not just Hillside and Southern, the school board, the administrators, all of it.

He had to roll up his pants and wade through flood waters to get to the taxi,

He's got to practice more. He's really hung up on the fact that he can't type very well.

I don't even judge him on that. Everything else I remember was pleasant. That's not the Kendall I remember. If he needed something, I would give it to him. He's my brother-in-law - he always will be.