It's like radiation, isn't it? It starts with a big bang, and then all is quiet. And then in the deadly silence the grief spreads, reaching tentacles out through your life and your time. It grows inside you. You ignore it because life goes on, right? And there are children to … [Read more...]
Unfinished
This puzzle is on the dining room table at Lisa's house. I snapped a photo of it on Friday. It's so cruel that she didn't even get to finish her effing puzzle. After spending a few days calling people and going through Lisa's records, I came down with a nasty viral infection … [Read more...]
Texts From Heaven
Look at this woman. This is a picture of Lisa taken last year at her first triathlon. She kicked cancer in the ass and then did a triathlon to say "Suck it, cancer!" And then she did it AGAIN. And she was doing great. She was training for her first half-marathon and … [Read more...]
The California Budget Crisis Hits Home
This was an original post for LA Moms Blog on July 28, 2009. SV Moms Blog was acquired by Technorati, so I post my archives here on Fridays. Thank me the next time you use a state-funded service. Better yet, thank my husband. Chances are, his sacrifice is helping to pay for … [Read more...]
My Tortured Beacon
I want to tell you about my friend Robin. The first thing you should know about her is that she is dead. She was 38 when she took a scarf, a white scarf that looked like it couldn't hold a purse, much less a heavy, flailing 38-year-old woman, tied it to her canopy bed frame, … [Read more...]