I’m listening right now to police and news choppers hovering overhead. The sound is relentless. Ominous. Heavy with heartbreak. Distinct with the rumble of grief. Apparently there was a suicide this morning at the high school near my home. A student. At 7:48 AM.
When circles become full, hospitals become home, and you actually land your dream job at 18 years old.
Graduation day. Sorry for the blur, but check out those curls.
It took me 44 years to finally figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up. In high school, everybody else was setting goals and making them happen. Not me. I was just restless. Wrapped up in my music, wrapped up in myself. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On nagging Aztec, sticker therapy, and celebrating the struggle to move today.
The long road home from Mississippi.
I’ve spent this week at home resting. We returned from traveling to my father-in-law’s Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On yet another goodbye, goat-dreaming, and having your cornbread all confused.
I don’t think he ever quite got over the fact that I grew up eating biscuits for supper and cornbread for breakfast. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On something to ponder.
Don’t you think it would do humanity some good Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
From me to that lady at Target.
For some reason, I haven’t told a single person about you. I’m sure it’s a little bit due to embarrassment on my part, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When the Pyxis attacks.
Right at shift change I knew that something was wrong. My gut was screaming to start the day by checking her first. Things just didn’t seem right. Her labs looked terrible. SHE looked terrible. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When you’ve been promised BBQ, but you have to do this first.
Clearly little Ruby Wren was having none of it. She was tired. It was cold. And she’d heard we were going out for BBQ. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On being a real pain in the honesty.
Rocky in his devastating handsomeness.
Authenticity. Honesty. Substance. Realness. These words keep fighting their way to the surface this morning as I struggle with my jumbled-up thoughts. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When I remember beautiful you.
When you see me rushing off the unit in the evening, it may look like I’m running away from you … and maybe I am. In a way. At least a tiny bit.
