For a period of time in my late teens, I had a thing for Lord Bryon’s work. I mean, I still like it but I’ve not actively read his poems for fun since I lived in Miami. Anyway, the reason why I’m mentioning my proclivity for Romantic poets at all is because there is a line in Byron’s The Island… Read more »
Since my dad died, I get this question a lot – how are you doing? And some days, I answer with an “ehh” sound; some days I reply “doing OK”; but some days that question is met with a grimace and I can’t ever answer at all. That horrible, crushing feeling of grief – the kind that won’t let you… Read more »
I was trying to answer a message sent to me by a reader and as I was poking around here to find a post that I had written a few years ago, I realized that I was sitting on 249 posts. I figured I would use my 250th post to thank you for reading this little ramble-fest of mine and… Read more »
I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad and trying to cope with the sudden gaping hole his passing left in my life. Even though I’m back in Austin right now, I’m going to be leaving on my bday trip in a few days. Honestly, I really wrestled over whether to even go at all. But one of the things… Read more »
There’s been a rather obvious reason why I’ve been so quiet on the blog… and although I think I’m usually really good at being able to bounce back fairly quickly from life’s hard knocks, losing my dad has really thrown me for a loop. I’m not sure what even is normal in this situation. Today is my first day fully… Read more »
I’m sitting here with a gaping hole in my heart, unable to breathe without a crushing pain in my chest. My dad passed away a few days ago. Some fathers are absentee. Some are home every night but are so consumed with work, hobbies, or feel that raising the children is the mother’s job that they might as well be…. Read more »
I generally try to keep an optimistic outlook. I mean, I’m a realist and know that most of the time the world sucks and all that; but I try not to dwell on that too much and look for the bright side. Because I know that if I get too down, it could very quickly spiral into angsty crap that… Read more »
Regular readers of this blog already know that I love to travel and explore new places. And that I made a promise to myself to travel as often as I could once I recovered from the shock of being diagnosed with a rare variant of melanoma, amelanotic nodular melanoma, and the excision to get it cut out. For my birthday… Read more »
So my dad was back in the hospital and I ended up booking a last-minute ticket to come back to Ohio to see him. Honestly, I didn’t know what was going to happen: if he would still be in the hospital or if he would be home. Fortunately, he’s home; but I have never seen him so frail. Quite frankly,… Read more »
Be warned, this is going to be a vent-post… In a few minutes, I have to get moving and get ready for my friend’s wedding down here in Key West. My friend Renee and her fiance had quite the adventure getting here. They were supposed to fly down Monday morning but then we saw a Facebook post from her fiance… Read more »