“How did your day go?” he asked me. “I. I spent it crying mostly.” 0.0 “Why?! I know you’re overwhelmed, but why?” “You know I’m overwhelmed…?” “It’s obvious.” “…..” “Your hip still sucks. You just figured out how to barely deal with your feeding tube still keeping you sick, and then you did something to […]
Read MoreWe’re slowly pulling the yard into shape, and Master Pravus decided to put down two trees. “We gotta name ’em!” I said. Everything gets a name over here. “This one is Serviceberry..” He said. “That’s just the species!” I countered. “But it’s kind of a cool name. You name the other one.” “QUICKBEAM!” “YES! Quickbeam!” […]
Read MoreMaster Pravus was so tired and it was the end of the day. “Whatcha doin’?” I asked him a little lazily. “Comfort sniffin,’” He said. It kind of threw me off. He had his torso in my thigh with his head laying on my tummy just-so. “Comfort sniffin’?” I asked. He took a deep, slow […]
Read MoreI used to make lists of things I was grateful for on my birthday. They don’t have to be big or deep but there’s always stuff to be thankful for. Maybe we’re not considering them in the moment, but they’re there. On my birthday I want to recognize 100 in vaguely random order, with the […]
Read MoreIt was nearly bedtime and I was doing what I usually do. Just winding down. On rare occasions, I’ll just google the family, as you do. I mean, I’m estranged from the majority of my family for reasons I’ve never spoken about publicly and probably never will. Thing is, because of the estrangement, I’m only […]
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