Some time ago I posted a blog/poem/creative (which, I just realized, was not migrated to this site. I’ll fix it, I promise.) inspired by an xkcd.com comic related to LEGO bricks. The short version is that we are, all of us, built of a series of existential LEGOs and we add, change and remove pieces as needed [...]
“It’s not mine,” I said quietly. My hand in his, I cried. My head was suddenly in a fog. My heart was pounding. It seemed built up, almost ceremonious. He said I deserved it. He said I earned it. I was beside myself. I didn’t need it, not specifically. This is an honor, [...]
… and regardless of the (cough!) catchy turn of phrase that ends that sentence, the lack of choice is present in more than just the ability (or lack thereof) in cleaning out the proboscises of your amigos. OK, so that was less than poetic and, if we are to be honest, really sort of a [...]
Christmas has come and gone. It’s sad that it couldn’t last. For the first time in a long time we had some real joy, some real happiness. Daddy was home for Christmas between trips the hospital. We had a big family breakfast, did our stockings (an event in itself, see previous posting [eeek, currently down [...]
