Jeff Weimar:  

Of late, so much has transpired in my mundane existance that I feel compelled to update what's going on in my life: First and foremost, Greetings; A year and a half ago, my brother Bill was diagnosed with a stage III, level IV glioblastoma, the worst of the brain cancers. So I boarded a jet to drive him 280 miles back and forth to treatment. Though burthensome to him, of course, all in all it was thankfully uneventful. His prognosis was initially six to nine months to live. He is currently alive and well and back living in Norman. I returned in late February last year. Two weeks later I was on the road to New Orleans because some idiot doctor prescribed my Mother a blood thinner, then never monitored its affects. The second day in the hospital she was made ill with a hospital born infection. My younger brother and I switched shifts and stayed bedside with her 24 hours per day. We were both there when she died in our arms six weeks later. I stayed and helped Greg 'till June when we came up to Norman for her memorial service. I'd missed working for so long at Community Youth Outreach, that I ended up getting a job at a long term residential treatment center for women who were pregnant, had children, or both. Since I am the only male employed there, I am pretty much "Daddy." I work there currently and am blest with the company of 30 women and over 40 children struggling to overcome the throes of addiction and abuse. Greetings; I'm currently working for Community Youth Outreach, a non-for-profit organization in Oklahoma City. During the summer, we host 80 children four days per week in addition to those involved in ongoing programs. In effect, I utilize organic gardening as a tool to help kids learn effective decision-making skills, and to empower them to act on (hopefully) well-founded choices. It's fun. The OKC Zoo employed me for three years as a horticultural technician and sponsored me, along with OSU, to take a prestigious certification exam by the American Association of Arboretums and Botanical Gardens. I was the first person in this region of the country to pass the written portion (about a two percent pass rate.) I had some wonderful offers to take the orals and secure employment, but I took to drinking prior to further testing. Since high school, I've had significant problems with intoxicants and concommittment behaviors. I'm delighted to announce, I've been sober for sixteen years now. I currently run and bicycle like a kid and pay for it with constant nagging injuries. I'm unmarried, uninvolved in relationships, read, research and garden. I went through a four year ministerial program from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. So now, I preach to earthworms, but to no avail. Life's...Expand for more