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Nathan Boyes and Tracey Tasselli

Of course, I don’t intend for this to be a competition at all. But if I HAD to pick someone who did something beyond my expectations, then it would be them.

They’re currently living in Oregon, as they had their second kid, Ace, last July. I’m a proud godfather of their adorable and fast-growing kid, Zayne. Tracey took the kids to Pennsylvania for her friend’s wedding (also where she’s from). Nathan elected to fly down here to visit me for a week, including a Labor weekend retreat to Monterey Bay with several great friends.

FYI- He’s a DIE-HARD disc golf player, and a damn good one at it, I must say. He is constantly encouraging me to play disc golfing and to improve myself on a daily basis. Moreover, he is currently the president of Deaf Disc Golf Association (DDGA), and the organization has been flourishing under his reign so far.

Anyway, upon his arrival to Bay Area, right before our first dinner outing, he said he had something for me. I saw him picking a circle-shaped from his bag, and I knew it was a disc. However, I found this odd, as I already purchased 13 discs from him couple of weeks ago. But when he presented me the disc, I was completely floored… Truly spee----signless. Without further ado, let me show y’all what he got for me.

Amazing, I know. Major props to them for coming up with a gift that will be dear to my heart for rest of my life. Nathan has a great networking in disc golfing world, and he was fortunate enough to find a guy who was willing to help him out with “dying” a personalized disc at a reasonable price (a MAJOR shout-out to the guy was willing to help him out!). Despite his suggestion of me using this disc at certain times (it’s a Beast disc, in case you guys are wondering), I will not dare to use it AT all. Instead I’ll hang it in my room to ensure nothing bad will happen to it, as I cannot afford to risk losing it in the woods or lake or whatsoever!

For Deaf disc golf lovers, I WOULD recommend you to become a member of DDGA, for it’s fast growing organization. The more, the merrier! You can check the website out at www.ddga.org. The membership fee is only 20 dollars (for a year; but 10 dollars for renewal), and best of all, you will even get a free disc from them! So what are you waiting for? Go and sign up! For more information, you can contact him at snap7times@gmail.com.

Many thanks to Nathan Boyes and Tracey Tasselli once again for their very inspiring gift, and words aren’t definitely sufficient to describe my feelings for this amazing surprise, really!

til’ next time,
adam j.