15 February 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Death, Smoke, and Chocolate

photo credit: Victor Bezrukov
My mom calls me from Dialysis today and asks me to come down and run an errand for her. I say sure, load the kids up, and drag them out in the cold to the clinic. I even make them wait with a nurse in the lobby while I go into [...]

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27 August 2009 ~ 9 Comments

Death And Regret

I just received news that my uncle, after suffering a stroke this weekend, has passed away. Though he seemed to be doing slightly better on Sunday afternoon when I visited him, awake and making attempts to talk, he died this morning.
I don’t know all the information, the why or what happened. Right now all I [...]

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24 August 2009 ~ 4 Comments

The Memories That Haunt Us

photo credit: Andrew Mason
I don’t remember much about my great grandfather. He died when I was around 6 or 7 at the age of 91. There was a picture of him and me, faded and yellow. I was probably about three, sitting on his lap with a wide grin. He looked strong and healthy, [...]

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24 June 2009 ~ 9 Comments

One Bad Apple

photo credit: r-z
A few days ago a woman passed out in the middle of labor, birth gone wrong. Now that poor woman is laying in an ICU room barely hanging on while her baby is being mourned and buried. It’s a damn tragic event, one that sadly happens all to often in this country.
But [...]

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