Crooked Teeth

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:41:26 -0600

So the saga of the dumb accident at the playground seems to culminate with this: I need two new front teeth. “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth…” The plan, as it stands is to send me to the oral surgeon who will remove my front teeth, install two titanium screws into the bone, put in

Absolutely Anytime

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:33 -0600

So I lost myself a while ago. I know this, and anyone around me for the past year as I found myself again would know this too. It’s been a strange, wonderful, dramatic, painful, joyful, discouraging, hopeful process. And most days I feel like ‘me’ again--and that’s kind of nice. I had a choice t

Sweet Sorrow

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:57:28 -0600

My biological father passed away at 2.55 this morning. I didn’t expect it to happen so soon. I’m glad for his sake that he wasn’t in pain for very long. But I didn’t think that it would hit me as hard as it has. My mother, in her infinite wisdom, has told me to grieve, that even though I never d

Does Your Mother Know?

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:04:23 -0600

THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we underst

Sick Cycle Carousel

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:27:11 -0600

A bit of an update...and the realization that I have to make a decision much sooner rather than later. Initially my biological father was told that he would have at least two years to live. However that isn’t the case. Sadly, not only has the colon cancer spread throughout his body (meaning that