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RFA
All the while Daddy was booked and arraigned, and spent weeks in jail waiting to be sentenced (he got three years), and several more weeks awaiting transfer to a penitentiary 800 miles away, Mommy was laying low at an undisclosed location.
I’m pretty sure she mostly stayed at her mother-in-law’s house. She was married, but not to Daddy, and she ( Read more... ) -
Pax
And that’s what Daddy and Mommy focused on, fighting CPS rather than getting with the programs to beat their drug habits, become more conscientious, less selfish people, and get their kid back.
They showed up for visits with less regularity over the following months, and by October 2018, stopped visiting at all. They were still doing drugs, and ( Read more... ) -
It isn't the pain, really
The most difficult part of living with chronic pain is not the pain itself. After some decades, you learn to live with pain; you move differently, sit, rest and sleep differently, use tools and the laws of physics to perform everyday tasks, like rearranging a few pieces of furniture or opening those goddam inner bags. After some decades, your ( Read more... ) -
I Get Alone. Briefly.
I don’t suppose any of my old journal pals are still Live-Journaling, but…
Re-cap: In 2012, Mom and I moved from Paradise to Yuba City, into a house my son was buying. With (technically) 4 bedrooms, it was roomy, had a great little yard all around, and I really enjoyed taking care of it. Soon after, my benefits kicked in, and I started getting ( Read more... ) -
Out of the Blue
I got an email yesterday - someone had commented on one of my live journal entries. One that was posted in 2013.
I haven't used live journal since Dec 2014, I think, and that email got me curious; could I just click my username and there I'd be? Still?
Yes.
A lot has happened over the years since that last entry. Some very significant changes. I' ( Read more... ) -
2013
Apocolypse and various Cliffs avoided. >`whew`<
I resolve to meet men and not marry any of them.
HaPpy NeW yEaR ALL! -
A t-shirt walked into Ray's
...that read:
Joss Whedon
is my master now
I said to the guy wearing it, "I like your t-shirt."
He seemed surprised.
"You know who Joss Whedon is?"
"I've got two sons in their 30's. The identity of Joss Whedon is pretty much a requirement....it's the kind of thing that gets me cards on Mother's Day."
"Damn! You've got sons in their 30's?! I mean, I was ( Read more... ) -
Happy Easter
Kit wrote the following inside 3yr-old Kirk's Easter card....
Dear Son,
The Easter Bunny was scheduled to deliver eggs to us this morning, but for some strange reason he hid them in the yard.
Please go and retrieve them for us at once.
Rest assured, Mr Bunny will hear of my displeasure with his delivery services.
Yours in gratitude,
Dad -
The Good. The Bad.
Kit got a job ( Read more... )