While digging through a drawer this morning, looking for a Crown Royal bag filled with my girlfriends’ mom’s jewelry, I found a plain, white cardboard box. I instantly knew what was inside. I popped it open, and was taken back... Continue Reading →
I got down to 245 pounds the other day. Then I went out to eat three times in two days and was back to 250. Weighed in at 251.4 this morning after cooking out last night and going to a... Continue Reading →
There was a lot of fun going on in that photo. But, it also served as a slap to my face. I look like Gimli. Just fatter. Bad body image stuff aside, I have decided that today is the day... Continue Reading →
Sitting in my son's therapist's office, I was ready to settle into reading Vonnegut's short story collection “Look at the Birdie.”“Cough!”“Sniffle…”“Cough. Cough. Cough.”I put the book down. No chance of concentrating with that noise. Regular noise too.One cough. Sure. A... Continue Reading →
I've said this so many times, there is no reason to believe... But, I need to start up again. A weird incident, well in my mind it was an incident, made this apparent. She sat there, flannel shirt. And I... Continue Reading →
Today’s typing will be real. Personal. And shitty. I had spinal fusion surgery a month ago today. Each day over the past two weeks, my neuropathy pain has gotten worse in my feet. To the point that I am up... Continue Reading →
It’s been 10 days now since I had my back operated on. I went into this experience without any expectations, and I believe that was the only way to approach it. I remember changing clothes in the hospital, needing help... Continue Reading →
Every day. Especially in the morning and the late, late night, I still talk to her. She never answers. I’m pretty sure she never will. I don’t know if I believe in an afterlife. I like to think I do,... Continue Reading →
Seven hundred and fifty words. It does not sound like a lot. But when you sit down and begin to type, sometimes that number seems so far away. Kind of like a lost lover or a far away place. Something... Continue Reading →
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