Team Shimmy

The chronicle of a family thriving in the middle of a nightmare. You'll laugh a lot more than you expect. Promise.

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Untitled (written 8/30/2008)

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  Untitled Death is sleeping gently Outside the window Holding vigil with us As the baby tosses and turns Tangled up in fate Some mornings...

Parchment (Written 3/14/22)

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  Parchment Yesterday a “guess your age app” pegged me at 61. I’m 44. I felt a brief, familiar cloud Pass across my spirit The mist of m...

Relentless (written 4/20/21)

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  Written last night after hearing of the murder of Ma’Khia Bryant by police- it happened within minutes of the Chauvin verdict being announ...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

Simon's Funnies 2020

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Simon: Jesus said to drink three beers in the morning Me: Why? Simon: To keep your health up. -------------- Simon walked into the room hold...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Simon’s 2019 Funnies

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Went to Kol Nidre services tonight. Simon was NOT having it and was in a super foul mood. Suddenly at one point he stopped grumping and...
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The Fitch-Jenett Family
Team Shimmy was started the day our baby, Simon (aka Shimmy), became suddenly ill (8/1/08) with a rare heart condition called Cardiomyopathy. That day, friends and family rallied around us to form Team Shimmy. This team, which has grown to include new friends and strangers from all corners of the world, has sustained us with love, food, kind words and listening ears. We spent 4 tumultuous months in the ICU at Children's Hospital Oakland. Simon has been steadily improving since that day. He was fed through a tube in his belly (a Mic-key) until December 2013, was diagnosed on the autism spectrum at age 5, receives various types of therapies and is still on meds. Oh, and he's the happiest, most engaging kid we've ever seen. Jaime (Mama) works in public health and Laura (Mommy), is now a hospital chaplain after staying home with Simon or 8 years. To see a 10-min documentary about our family, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGh8dFp2oqk. Contact us at lafitch@gmail.com or jaimejenett@gmail.com
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