Archive for July, 2008
Past and Present
What can I say that I haven’t already said? I find myself in an endless mind loop, incapable of considering new avenues. The cycle of repetition is frustrating but also reassuring. These thoughts are too familiar. Maybe by pacing back and forth through them, I’ll see something new or remember something old that I need [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )A month passes
Today I am haunted by images that fly past me like speeding cars. A blur bleeds into another, and they become the same memory in one choking glance. Him in his last moment of physical life, spewing mucus and shaking while we sobbed- our wedding and his eyes, glinting and winking at me as he repeated [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Love and lies
Do we love people for who they are or in spite of who they are? It seems that all relationships depend upon one or both partners willing to look past some deception. Is it the test of love that we’re willing to forgive a lie or an infidelity, or does it show how desperately afraid [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Heroines
I’ve said this before, but I’d like to reiterate it: I am tremendously proud of my friends. So many people in this world drop off the map and never live up their potential. They never go anywhere or try anything new, and they give up on their dreams before the ink’s dry on their high [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Do you ever get over that feeling?
The feeling that you’ll never be cool enough, as lame and pathetic as it may be to still want that as an adult. As I gain confidence in one area, a whole new avenue of geekhood opens up. There are people that you can never impress, as hard as you try, as much as you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )What I’ve Been Doing, More Specifically
I started Weight Watchers last week, as if I weren’t grumpy enough. It’s time to stop drowning myself in Ghiradelli squares and cheap wine, and I no longer have the excuse of not having enough time to make healthy meals. I love cooking and I’m finally able to do it again. No reason why I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Where do we go from here?
I’ve decided to start a blog separate from the Caring Bridge since Robert has passed and his illness would no longer be the focus of it. I don’t have any set topics in mind for writing now. I suppose I’ll just say whatever comes to mind, since improvising has always worked for me before.
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