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Ridley and I did an event this morning at the Morgan Stanley Children's Pavilion at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. On hand was a great group of kids from P.S. 128, shown here looking piratical.
On a serious note: If you ever feel sorry for yourself, visit a children's hospital, and you'll be reminded (a) how lucky you are, and (b) how brave kids can be.
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You guys rock!!!
I know, my kids make me nuts, but when I see these kids who have cancer or some other disease, I thank God then give the little monsters and extra kiss. We should all do that every day!
Posted by: OkieDokie | October 29, 2007 at 12:44 PM
what a great picture!! this makes the strumpeting all worthwhile.
Posted by: crossgirl | October 29, 2007 at 12:46 PM
Yes! Finally! PirateKids!!!!
Posted by: Pirateboy | October 29, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Awesome picture!!!
Amen to that, Okie! I do the same.
Posted by: Siouxie | October 29, 2007 at 12:50 PM
I can only imagine that moments like these - aside from moments with your own family - make everything you do all worth while.
Posted by: Schadeboy | October 29, 2007 at 12:52 PM
YAY, Dave!
YAY, Ridley!
I'm sure you made them smile. :)
Posted by: Eleanor | October 29, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Thanks for going to cheer up those kids! You guys are great!
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy) | October 29, 2007 at 01:01 PM
If only those kids could vote.
Ridley and Dave, you guys did a wonderful thing, and I'll bet they remember it forever.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | October 29, 2007 at 01:05 PM
Nope, things like that remind me I have nothing to feel sorry about. (In addition I have a picture of the sod house my grandad grew up in.)
Posted by: pogo | October 29, 2007 at 01:13 PM
and where are the strumpsters in the pic?
Posted by: mm | October 29, 2007 at 01:23 PM
Kids' hospitals are especially great for putting your personal problems into perspective. Glad you could spread some cheer there guys!
Posted by: ArcticAl | October 29, 2007 at 01:24 PM
pogo - your granddad had a sod house? I'm so jealous. I've always wanted one of those.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 29, 2007 at 01:29 PM
Look at all those smilin' faces. So adorable. Lotsa' eyepatches, huh?
Great job, guys!!!
Posted by: estrogen centrale | October 29, 2007 at 01:33 PM
Amen, Dave. You guys did good.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 29, 2007 at 01:35 PM
I once rented my house to a sod for the summer.
Posted by: Howard from Broward | October 29, 2007 at 01:35 PM
Awe, that is so freaking sweet!
Posted by: Wench Lizzy | October 29, 2007 at 01:36 PM
I worked in a big hospital with a cancer center, and the one sight I couldn't get used to was the bald kid in the wheelchair with all the IV's on wheels next to him. You're supposed to act like everything's ok, but I always wanted to offer to buy the kid a pony or something.
Posted by: padraig | October 29, 2007 at 01:40 PM
Dave, Ridley - you guys just know what it's all about. *SMOOCHES* to both of you and your big, soft hearts.
Posted by: DeskDiva | October 29, 2007 at 01:46 PM
Sod house? He was lucky to have a HOUSE! We used to live in one room, all twenty-six of us, no furniture. Half the floor was missing and we were all huddled together in one corner for fear of FALLING!
Posted by: «LabSpecimen» | October 29, 2007 at 02:00 PM
Oh Lab you love Hot Gravel, who are you kidding?
WTG Dave and Ridley! Hugs to both of you.
Posted by: Jessica R. | October 29, 2007 at 02:08 PM
Awesome job, guys! (Dave, did you "plant" the girl in the blue jacket in front of you to help accent your blue shirt?)
Posted by: gjd | October 29, 2007 at 02:23 PM
Amen to that Dave,
My company cooks a meal for Ronald McDonald house a few times a year. Those kids are really brave.
Posted by: Recovering 24 Addict | October 29, 2007 at 02:58 PM
I know what you mean Dave. I work at Childrens Hospital in Boston, Thankfully in the research side, but I just have to spend one night transporting to see real bravery. That really does put things into perspective.
Posted by: Juggler of Geese | October 29, 2007 at 03:51 PM
I work in a hospital that has both a Ronald McD House and a RMD room (in peds). My unit is off the trail for either. You can almost always tell when someone is searching for the peds or neonate units...or how to get out of the building. You guys are doing a great thing! KUDOS!
Posted by: shell | October 30, 2007 at 01:28 AM
Before I met the woman it turns out I was supposed to marry, I lived with an amazing nurse who worked the adolescent unit at the University of Missouri Medical Center. They were (and I'd bet still are) the finest cystic fibrosis unit in all of the Midwest, fighting a truly evil disease -- among many others, of course.
So, okay, it turned out that that amazing nurse and I had less business living together than battery acid and bleach. It doesn't keep me from remembering fondly/heartbreakingly the amazing bravery of her patients, some of whom were able to attend Thanksgiving at our home in 1993.
In 1994, it was one patient less. (Damn, I can't believe how much that still hurts.)
Dave and Ridley, you've done a noble thing. Bringing entertainment to kids is one thing. Bringing it to sick kids in person rates you great seats in heaven's football stadium. I refuse to believe otherwise.
Have joy, even as you give it. Very nice.
Posted by: WriterDude | October 30, 2007 at 09:32 AM