I have a friend who always snaps at anyone who dramatically uses the word “hate”. If someone says, “I hate the layout of this website,” or, “I hate getting stuck at this traffic light,” he will respond, “No. You don’t.”
Posts tagged “death”
A Sunny Day
I spent a half-dozen painful hours on the phone exactly one year ago tonight. My mom had been rushed to the emergency room and I was desperate for answers. The hospital had told me she was fine; she had a urinary tract infection which was causing acute temporary dementia, but they’d given her some antibiotics and sent her back to the assisted living facility and told me not to worry. I’d been worrying non-stop for months and wasn’t about to stop then.
Runaway
One of my favorite memories of my mom — of my entire childhood, actually — is singing Runaway by Del Shannon in the car with her and my little sister while driving to St. Paul’s Catholic elementary school. I love that song. She loved that song. She loved singing that song. Mom loved music. And
The Horizon Is a Beltway
On losing my mother
Gorilla Sales Skyrocket After Latest Gorilla Attack
If every person at that mall had had a gorilla…
Like a Lizard on a Window Pane
Links after yet another round of senseless murder
My Contacts
In which I am angry about an app
Death and All of His Friends
Death sucks.
Finding a Box of Family Letters
This poem is beautiful.