August has been tough. It really has. Here’s an update on what’s going on in my life. I wish more than anything that I could give my husband a hug right now. His mom has been in the ICU at Georgetown Hospital for several days now. Her liver is failing; she’s had 3 surgeries since […]
In my head
What do you say to someone who is dying?
I’m almost 30 years old and have no idea how to cope with death. But I need to figure out how to deal with it. Like… now. This is my aunt Annie and she is dying of cancer. She’s in her final days, maybe even final hours. Knowing that I’ll never see her warm smile […]
the unhappy housewife
I usually don’t discuss my husband much here, but he never rarely reads my blog so… whatever. Other than a cordial “excuse me” or “pass me a fork,” we’ve been giving each other the silent treatment for over 24 hours now. He told me on Friday that he’s hiring a lady to come “help me […]
How I feel sometimes
Now that a year’s gone by…
I wrote the first entry in this blog on April 16th, 2008. I spent most of April 16th, 2009, looking through my old posts, reflecting on what’s happened this past year, and trying to think of something profound and clever to write about, but I just couldn’t come up with anything! What I did realize […]
I see dead flowers
Wednesday or Thursday morning (don’t remember exactly which day because they just kind of blend in together) I was sitting in the dining room my office looking at something online while Maya sat across from me, doing some worksheets. She looked at the roses in the vase in the center of the table and said […]
