Category Archives: Family

YOU.DON’T.OWN.ME.

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

No explanation required. Dedicated to my mom, my grandmas, my aunties, mis primas, my students.

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On the occasion of a birthday.

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

My birthdays tend to be a bit over the top, in both style and duration. I realize this is a bit silly and juvenile, but so are many things that I also like. I also realize that this tradition would … Continue reading →

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Silver linings that shine brighter than all the diamonds in the world…

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

Balance exists in our lives. It is not always easy to see, and if you subscribe to certain eastern philosophies, you may never recognize this balance as it permeates myriad lifetimes. But, as I accuse some people of the need … Continue reading →

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Another True Story.

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

There are all sorts of things going on in my head right now that I should be focusing on, so instead I am going to tell a story about another person. This is probably sort of shady, but I think … Continue reading →

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The Illusion of Perfection, part 1

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

I knew a couple once, in what was like another lifetime, that seemed like this absolutely RomCom reality. They were like perpetual honeymooners. It wasn’t just that they never fought, it was that they clearly, outwardly (and in every way) … Continue reading →

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Words for a moment when there simply are none.

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

For there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one’s own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes. ~ Milan Kundera There are … Continue reading →

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Family: The unfamiliar is so familiar.

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

my daddy was a bankrobber but he never hurt nobody he just loved to live that way and he loved to steal your money Everyone has their own narrative about their family. The story a person tells about their family … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future – or something.

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I spent the night in a room I had not slept in since 1989, and not regularly inhabited since 1986. When I got up and walked out through the living room to the kitchen, my parents … Continue reading →

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Rule #1: Be sure you are not placed on the end of any group photo.

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

My parents recently moved back to the area. Apparently the true 1%ers they have spent a lifetime trying not to be, they are now going to be snowbirds, (of a sort, still choosing rather atypical resting points.) As this move … Continue reading →

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She’s up there… I sees her up there.

Posted on August 13, 2011 by
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