In an article about someone who lost his leg in a car accident, the gentleman said “you are only as old as your amputation”. I understand what he means, for when your life changes so drastically everything is new. The way you do things is completely altered and although you…
Piper spends his days playing and hanging out with me, alternately causing chaos and commanding cuddles. I love when he sits with me while I read or watch TV, usually on my shoulder or hand, but sometimes burrowed in my hair up against the side of my neck. My favorite position…
Arriving at the international terminal of Philadelphia airport, I wore a Seattle Seahawks shirt. The night before, the Seahawks defeated the Eagles and I got into some good-natured back and forth with a young airport security guard. I continued on to Customs and after a brief wait I was guided…
. . . this makes winter a little more bearable: Secret, a three-year-old Australian Shepard, from Sioux City, Iowa loves sledding so much she will do it fifty times a day.
I see a therapist every other week and in between sessions I keep a list of things I want to discuss with her. After the appointment, I move those items we covered down and add things as they come up for the next visit. After a few months had passed…
A wintry mix on a Monday afternoon What a way to begib the week There truly is only one way to go When things start out this bleak. — Sister Rain
Flying from Philadelphia to London, then on to Hamburg, Germany a month ago was exhausting. Don’t get me wrong for one second: the trip was incredibly wonderful and the return to air travel for me after five years was a true joy. Rich people problem’s I ain’t got and I…
“It is disturbing to me that it’s as easy to do something that can’t be undone as it is to do something that can.” — Sister Rain
“If you don’t think the common cold can kill, you’ve never taken care of an allegedly grown man while he’s sick.” — Sister Rain
