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4th of July -- Oohs and Ows
The fourth of July weekend was not nearly as interesting as I would have liked, mainly due to the fact that on the evening of the 4th, as our little band (D&S and their daughter River (age 2, our little pal) headed excitedly towards a good viewing point about half a mile away, yours truly - dancing along in my somewhat platform-y shoes - stepped on ( Read more... ) -
How did he know?
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Once there was a way to get back homeward
It was quite a trip back to Boston. Oddly I must say that if a sadness didn’t play along underneath everything, it would have been a most perfect time. We stayed at my best friend’s and her husband’s wonderful house. God, I love her and she is funny as shit. We took walks in the caterpillar-y woods and laughed and cried together. It rained almost ( Read more... ) -
That hurts
I feel like I've been kicked in the stomach. It turns out my dad's cancer is based in his pancreas. That's the news I was hoping NOT to hear. It doesn't seem like people with pancreatic cancer tend to live long. He also said that when he starts the chemo, it is not likely to shrink the tumor, which has grown to the size of an orange in only two ( Read more... ) -
Let's Do the Time Warp Again.
20 years ago today - 1983 - age 23. I was in school majoring in English and Communications, living with my rock and roll drummer boyfriend of two years (and to continue for ten more) and three cats. I had met my best friend (to this day) only the year before. This is the year her sister (who was also my friend) became schizophrenic, lost to us ( Read more... ) -
Waiting
The next stop for Dad is visiting an oncologist. This is a really difficult point, waiting to know what the situation is, meanwhile he has cancer in his belly. It's creepy to think of its presence there untreated. And then today step-mom (who raised me from 10-20, but they've been divorced for 20 years) told my husband on the phone that she wasn't ( Read more... ) -
Geek out
I changed my comments thingy! I'm so exited! Woot!
Wait til I'm gone to mock me.
