Get Well Trevor – Call to action!

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date February 12, 2011
Categories In News-ish, NonSQL, sql server, SSC
18 Comments on Get Well Trevor – Call to action!

Tim Ford, SQL MVP and all around Good Guy, has been having a really hard time so far in 2011. We knew his kid had been sick, but Tim just blogged abotu the whole saga. I have boys of my own, and I get sick thinking about the heartache that the Ford family is going through.

But we here at MidnightDBA – and in the SQL community in general – like to spread around the sunshine. I say we take a hint from Kendra Little and Jeremiah Peschka (who sent Trevor presents), and from Tim’s last comments:

He is so geeked out when he hears that someone in Australia is sending their best wishes; or Seattle, Texas, North Carolina, or Florida. Hopefully this nightmare ends in a couple more days and life begins to resemble what it was before all this. If it does you all played a role in it simply by thinking about Trevor and us and boosting his spirits in the process.

Let’s send Trevor our best wishes! Take a picture of your exotic locale – even if your exotic locale is Podunk, Iowa, and preferably with a “Get Well Trevor” sign – and post the link back here.

I thought about getting a Flickr feed or something, but Sean rightly pointed out that individual blogs and pages are much more like opening individual letters. You, our people, can choose to express your support in whatever way pleases you.

TO THE INTERNETZ!

-Jen

Edit: Here are Rob Farley’s (blog, Twitter) contributions. Rob says:

Here’s a couple of pics from our new house (rental, while we knock our house down for a rebuild). One is from Saturday when it wasn’t so sunny. One from yesterday (Sunday) when it was sunnier. That’s a kite being flown by my 13yo, Samuel.

It’s summer here, of course. Probably much warmer than in Trevor’s part of the world. At least it’s winter he’s missing out on while in hospital – he’ll be out soon, I’m sure.

RobFarley1 — Get Well Trevor, from Australia

RobFarley2 — Get Well Trevor, From Australia (2)

18 thoughts on “Get Well Trevor – Call to action!”

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Buck Woody February 12, 2011 at 11:05

I think that’s a greate idea. I’ll hand out some assignments first… http://yfrog.com/h3rv7kbj
Tom Strike February 12, 2011 at 12:24

Hi All,

I created a short blog post with links to some pictures from a trip I took in New England, since I didn’t think pictures from Podunk…I mean, Dubuque, IA would be that interesting, especially in winter. http://tomstrike.com/
Kendra Little February 12, 2011 at 13:21

What a great idea!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14085895/GetBetterTrevor.png
Kendra Little February 12, 2011 at 13:35

Sorry if this is a double post– not sure if my earlier attempt worked.

Here is my contribution: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14085895/GetBetterTrevor.png
Tom Strike February 12, 2011 at 15:43

I’m with Kendra, sorry if this is a double post but I don’t see mine from earlier or see it as awaiting approval.
Good luck Trevor and I hope this is just a crappy memory in a ver yshort time. http://tomstrike.com
Robert L Davis February 12, 2011 at 16:30

Great idea!! Here’s my greeting from the Microsoft Commons.

http://www.sqlsoldier.com/wp/addtherapy/getwellsoontrevor
Diana February 13, 2011 at 07:08

Good luck, Tim, Amy & Trevor
http://bucuresti.infarom.ro/foto3/017036.jpg
Diana February 13, 2011 at 07:50

Good luck Tim, Amy & Trevor
http://bucuresti.infarom.ro/foto3/017036.jpg
Diane McNurlan February 13, 2011 at 14:31

This is so cool! Here is my pic: http://www.dianemcnurlan.com/get-well-soon-trevor/
Kim Tessereau February 13, 2011 at 16:03

From the office of Kim Tessereau and Landon in St. Louis Missouri, I say “Get well soon, Trevor”. Landon says “Ret Reel Roon”!
Kim Tessereau February 13, 2011 at 16:07

Sorry forgot to put the link in the comment! http://twitpic.com/3zhmok
Nic Cain February 13, 2011 at 17:02

I got a local photo and my parents snapped a couple of get wells from the UK.
http://www.englishtosql.com/english-to-sql-blog/2011/2/13/get-well-trevor.html
Tom Strike February 13, 2011 at 21:49

Having a problem posting, trying with Firefox on Linux this time. Hi Trevor, I hope all of this is just a bad dream for you in a very short period of time. Here are some pics from a tour around New England I did a couple of years ago on my bike. http://tomstrike.com
Julie Smith February 13, 2011 at 22:13

Here is the link for get well wishes from Atlanta:
http://bit.ly/fYy2rC
Pat Wright February 13, 2011 at 22:56

I had the same idea after reading the blog post on Saturday early morning and just had to make a change in my photowalking plans to take this picture. I already had sent a personal email to Tim but figured I would add it here as well. Great idea BTW! 🙂

http://asylumphotography.smugmug.com/Other/MorningPhotowalk/MorningPhotowalk-100/1185128121_zjFP3-L.jpg

pat
Noel McKinney February 14, 2011 at 17:46

Here’s mine, somebody must be yelling really loud from the Sears, er, I mean Willis Tower in Chicago

http://noelmckinney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/WillisTrevor.jpg
Brian Davis February 14, 2011 at 20:20

Thoughts and good wishes from Cleveland, OH
http://briandavis78.blogspot.com/2011/02/trevor-best-wishes-from-cleveland.html

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