I tell people I love them, I appreciate them, and that I support them. Sometimes more often than they need to hear it… but I share these sentiments because *I* am the one that needs to share them. I tell you because it is important to *me* that you know you are important to me. [...]
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, [...]
I was speaking to Nancy today about past relationships – mistakes, heartaches and choices – when she asked if I would change anything. And I said, much to my own surprise, both Yes and No. The second answer, the No, is the simplest to explain. In fact, it probably seems as if it should be [...]
