LARRY J. SNYDER
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Larry Snyder has been helping nonprofit organizations, foundations, and international charities for two decades.
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Larry has made over 20 trips across the Atlantic to Italy. Recently, Larry has been traveling to West Africa. Larry shares his experiences in his photos.
Which One Am I?
In 2016, I answered a calling to visit Sierra Leone with Schools for Salone, a Seattle-based organization that builds first-access, basic-education schools in the farthest reaches of this tiny West African nation. On a makeshift soccer field, a group of pre-adolescent school girls approached me. Noticing my digital SLR camera over my shoulder, the oldest one commanded, “Snap me,” a term I hadn’t heard since the days of slide film. I snapped a photo and turned the display screen so the girls could review it. “Which one am I?” the youngest one mumbled as her eyes searched the picture. That simple question in Africa has fundamentally altered my life.
This book shares the unique and impactful paths of 12 remarkable human beings. What’s striking is they see themselves as normal, everyday people. They do not know how they look to the rest of us. Like that little girl in Sierra Leone, these 12 extraordinary people are living from the inside out.
Which One Am I? is about identifying how to make YOUR difference in the world, rise to the occasion and reflect on what happened today that you’ll never forget.
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WHICH ONE AM I?
WHICH ONE AM I?
MIRACLES IN MONTANARE
MIRACLES IN MONTANARE
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Ready, Set, Wait…Five Years!
Without the benefit of revisiting social media posts or digital memory cards, it’s difficult to remember what specifically made our 2019 trip to the old country extra memorable. We had no idea when we pulled away from Ca D Maestro with a dozen chosen family members screaming ciao, ciao, ciao! that it would be our Read more about Ready, Set, Wait…Five Years![…]
Tribute to Taylor
The little four legger who stole our hearts. It really makes no sense that a 10-pound, furry white lap dog could capture a large part of so many hearts, including mine. But that’s what happened. After nearly a dozen joy-filled years, little Taylor Dog has found her path to the canine afterlife and we are………..super Read more about Tribute to Taylor[…]
How Coldplay changed my life.
For nearly all six decades on this planet, I have loved music. It’s always been in my midst, more so even than television growing up. Having been raised in a dual small business family, there was always music playing in either the furniture showroom or one of my mother’s preschools. My first exposure to live Read more about How Coldplay changed my life.[…]
The River, The Road and The Soul
In the past three years, Preston-Fall City Road has captured part of my heart and most of my imagination. A few days before Halloween 2021, a horrible phone call confirmed that Max, a 22-year-old beloved Starbucks coworker (and his mother Cami) died instantly when a freak windstorm landed a huge tree on their passing car. Read more about The River, The Road and The Soul[…]
College Tour Extravaganza 2023
I did not fully realize the gravity of all that comes with touring out of state colleges, especially the ones that require a two-hour flight, cost about the same as a starter home, and creates much fear of loss. In six days, we saw some things to behold, including one college right on the Pacific Read more about College Tour Extravaganza 2023[…]
The Give and Take in Pastores, Guatemala
One of the final lengthy conversations I had with #MyAwesomeDad… was about the day he and #MyMom finally moved into the house I grew up in. It was the first of 16 new houses occupied on South 234th Place in Des Moines. I was just six months old, and with two older sisters, our current Read more about The Give and Take in Pastores, Guatemala[…]
Socks Don’t Have to Match
In our laundry room downstairs, a discarded teak book shelf holds my causal threads. Of the four shelves, I’d say the top one gets the most action. I’m a regular on E-Bay seeking size 38 Ex-Officio tan shorts. Yes, those same style I’ve been sporting in for a dozen years. “Quality never goes out of Read more about Socks Don’t Have to Match[…]
Joining Spirits on Airport Beach
In 1982, my parents made a trip to Hawaii, post a 25th Wedding Anniversary celebration in our family home. At the time, the best “local” beach accommodation was the Outrigger on Waikiki. Halfway into their week-long stay, which included my little sister Annie, the hotel room phone rang. “Are you expecting something from home” was Read more about Joining Spirits on Airport Beach[…]
Who Needs a Hug?
I read a text message from Zoe, my Starbucks manager. “I need to talk to you today Larry?” In nearly sixteen years of my part time coffee gig, I’d never received this kind of urgent digital communication. Even as an optimist, this went to the bottom of my stomach. I replied about a scheduled professional Read more about Who Needs a Hug?[…]
Hawaiian time with #MyAwesomeDad
When my Dad turned 18, he received a letter from the President of the United States. It looked similar to thousands of others that landed in US mailboxes. This was anything but junk mail. He knew it was coming but hoped his name and address would be lost in the system. He’d already met the Read more about Hawaiian time with #MyAwesomeDad[…]