the girl effect

June 27, 2008 in Uncategorized

There’s something about that old cliche of hard times putting things into perspective… it makes messages like this even more potent.

life can never be the same

June 25, 2008 in grieving, new normals

The laws of gravity are strict. It’s almost impossible to break free from them for more than a moment. Unaided by metal and fire we remain rooted back here, forever pulled down.
That’s what this year has felt like; that there has been an irresistible force pulling at my family. First my mother lost her 19 [...]

change

June 10, 2008 in new normals

Well, that was quite a silence.
More than six weeks with no posting has to be a record for me. There are reasons, though. I’ll explain, but not now.
Now I think I just ought to jump in. Enough of hovering around the edge wondering what the water will feel like. It’s time to plunge. So, here [...]