Jul 06 2008
About a week ago I mentioned that I hoped to write about an incredible gift I had received. At first I wasn’t sure I would even share the gift, as it is private and profound.
But the very nature of the gift is that it should be shared. I have struggled with how to share my [...]
May 05 2008
We are more than the sum of our parts and in the case of hot dogs, stew a bunch of parts until they are unrecognizable, add some type of binding agent, shove the resulting paste into an edible tube and call it good.
Yeah, we make fun of hotdogs but what are they? Just another sausage [...]
Feb 06 2008
I think I was about 17 years old when my mom first apologized to me.
My mom is extremely nearsighted. Her mom was nearsighted. So was her dad.
My mom and her brothers had to wear braces.
My mom was prone to cavities and continues to have problems with her teeth.
My mom was five-foot-one. She’s maybe five-foot-one-half-inches now.
My [...]