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I joined the SK Forum, and posted the note below. I got a response about thedarktoer.com and the fundraisers for The Haven Foundation. So I wanted to post this thank you here as well. Thanks to all you guys the step up for the Haven!
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It has been almost a year since the Haven Foundation awarded me with a financial grant, so I wanted to post an update. And another huge thank you to the Haven Foundation. The grant helped us at a most opportune time. After a heart attack in February 2008, I was recovering from a triple bypass, I had a trach tube in my throat, I was unable to work, and our mortgage and bills were way behind. The Haven grant kept us afloat until this spring, when I had my final surgery and the tube was removed. I was offered a design job a week out of the hospital, and I have started teaching part-time and returned to my personal drawing and painting projects. The last 6 months have seen a somewhat return to normalcy, I won't ever be the same after such an experience, but I have rejoined the flow of home and work life that I am used to. My wife and I can travel now, enjoy our children and grandchildren more, and enjoy the everyday life that we used to take for granted.
I can't tell you how much gratitude and affection I feel for Stephen King. If I had not been a lifelong reader and fan of his, I wouldn't have seen a single small footnote in his book (BLAZE - actually Richard Bachman/Stephen King) I would never have known about The Haven Foundation.
My son is a film maker and aspiring screenwriter - for his 21st birthday I gave him "On Writing" by Stephen, and he and I discuss it all the time.
I am attending a lecture by Stephen on November 16 in Sarasota, I was able to get tickets and we are driving down there to see and hear him. I have only seen Stephen one other time in person, several years ago when he played with the Rock Bottom Remainders at the MIAMI BOOK FESTIVAL. So we are really looking forward to this lecture.
I wish there were some way I could thank him in person for the impact he has had on my life. If you are in touch with him, it would be a tremendous honor if we could meet and say hello to him in Sarasota.
Thanks again to ALL the folks at Haven. If there is ever anything I can do help support the organization and the cause, I would like to help.
With sincerest thanks,
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Originally Posted by Pistoleer
My first experience with DT was The Drawing of the Three that I received as a gift. Once I read it I was hooked on the series. I had to go back and read it from the begining and have since then I've read them all twice. 
