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Author: Abigail Gray

Grandpa’s Love is Girl’s Easter Gift

(2008 file photo of Carrington by Philip Holman for St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children)The Daily Press of Newport News has a wonderful story on its front page today about Carrington, a 9-year-old Hampton girl who lives at St. Mary’s Home. Susan...

UPDATE: From St. Mary’s Home to the White House

Carrington and her mother at St. Mary’s 5K race in 2008A grandfather’s handwritten letter to President Obama turned into a trip to the White House for a 9-year-old Hampton girl who lives at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children in Norfolk.Carrington,...

From St. Mary’s Home to the White House

Carrington with her mother and grandfather, at St. Mary’s HomeA 9-year-old Hampton girl who lives at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children is going to the White House on Monday to take part in the world’s most famous Easter Egg Roll.In February,...

Sports Center

Friday was a different kind of casual day at St. Mary’s Home. SECEP’s Spirit Week at St. Mary’s Home finished up with Sports Day, a chance for SECEP and St. Mary’s staff to show off jerseys and T-shirts from their favorite...

Reelin’ in the Years

Today was Blast from the Past Day, part of SECEP’s continuing Spirit Week. Folks at St. Mary’s Home reached into the back of their closets — in some cases, way back — to dress up to represent various decades.The 80s seemed particularly popular:...