There are 17 entries related to the tag “family”
You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye
We continued to go, but the distance grew. First my dad stopped coming. Then my sister. The rip was palpable; ...
This is how the end begins
With strong mechanical programs I move forward in the habit that what I feel will be taken away; sucked up ...
To fade into
There is no grace in what life presents you with. It's unaffected by what you want — mechanical in it's ...
We eventually reach the end of the pier and find ourselves too tired to try and go back
We all eventually reach the end of the pier, and find ourselves too tired to try and go back. We ...
Somehow it'll be alright
I got a bit of shocking news the last week or so. First I had a very small part of ...
Removing the pieces of the pattern
Last Christmas was especially uncomfortable, as mom and dad were separated and on their way toward an official divorce. ...
On being stuck and being stuck
Being stuck isn't as dire and hopeless as it sounds. It's not the elephants stuck in the tar pits of ...
The Laws of Parental Inevitablity
Principle of Bathtub Defecation If a subject is of the ages of 2 years or less and has within the last ...
This too will (never) pass
I'll be honest (wait, I'm always honest when I write here, so saying that almost assumes that I haven't been, ...
Merry Christmas (I think)
I'm trying. I really am. I'm telling myself that it's worth it. The tradition. The pretending (in spite of the ...
When your heart and your treasure are at opposite ends your treasure always wins
Its a sad and common story, one that every child believes their parents are beyond. A cliché. And another name ...
It takes a lifetime to build, and a day to destroy
There we are, in our tiny boxes on a hilliside, putting ourselves into other little boxes. Segmenting our lives. ...
Armstrong Family Circus : The Annual Report
I've started, restarted, typed and retyped, I've mulled and pondered all the various things I could or should say to ...
Traveling is a nightmare and other fairly obvious observations
A few years ago dad and I went to New Orleans for the Final Four (to see the Jayhawks ...
When there isn't much to say, say nothing at all
That's what I've been telling myself. Why needlessly ramble on when I have very little to say? Its not because ...
WARNING OF RIGHTS
1. You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Do you understand? 2. Anything you do say ...
Coffee addict
I'm a coffee addict. I was too tired to roast last night; for fresh beans this morning. I have a splitting ...