• My Untimely Death

    I always knew I had mental problems, but the following realization might take the cake. I was riding in the car today as a passenger and it dawned on me that I am a terrible passenger.  I’m nervous. More like actually fearful like when I watch a scary movie. I’ve never really been in a Read more

  • Trying to be Positive

    Today was uneventful, uninsightful and overall disappointing on the Joe front. I called to check on him after finally finding out where he was. I talked to a social worker who was supposed to call me back with a status update, but that didn’t happen. I even waited patiently until the end of the day Read more

  • Another Day Not at the Office

    I took the day off from work today. Well, actually, I went in and worked for about two hours before I realized I was too emotional and was not going to get anything accomplished. Plus work is no place to be emotional with your personal shit. I wouldn’t have been such a big bag of Read more

  • The Worst Sunday Drive

    I may have told part of this story before, but to get to where we are today, it deserves a retelling. I apologize in advance for the length of this, but you can’t put a word count on love.  I’ve always believed in love at first sight, because it happened to me once. I’ve been in Read more

  • His School Supplies Don’t Need a Bag

    Every year it’s the same thing. The first day of school rolls around and social media is filled with bittersweet photos of children growing up and starting their first days of the “important” years: Kindergarten, First Grade, First day of middle school. This year started my son’s journey into high school. And it was not Read more

  • Hands VS Feet 

    I was having a conversation with my boss man today. It started out fairly normal but quickly went askew. He had gotten a cut from the granite he was working with and then he said something along the lines of you can’t expect to have nice hands if you do anything with construction. We were Read more