A week ago I was still sucking on cigarettes. Then on Tuesday, it looked as if Mom was going to come home from the hospital after 15 days stuck in that building. Doctors and respiratory therapists said things to my mother like, "If you go home and start smoking again, you're going to wind up ...
Tag Archive: Breathing
Aug
22
Frustrated
So Karin and the fam just left a while ago to go back home. Once again, I'm left here frustrated, at a loss. Mom is simply not doing what needs to be done, and that's making me nuts. She isn't up and walking around like she ...
Feb
12
It’s Gonna Keep on Happening Until You Power Down That Bucket of Neuroses, Inebriation-Style
Tuesday night, Mom and I had our first TNT night out since her accident. The TNT's, for those that don't know, are otherwise known as the Dynamite Divas. In my head, I call them the Tuesday Night Supper Club, but it's basically the Meatsuite mentality...just a couple decades down the line. Every Tuesday, the TNT's gather ...
Nov
09
The Devil Inside
I don't feel like I've taken a breath since last weekend. Not a good breath, anyway. Years ago, when I first started seeing a psychiatrist, he noticed this about me. Knowing a little bit about my background - he was partners with ...
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I’m a writer. A lover, not a fighter. An amateur philosopher who enjoys shaving giraffes and dancing around my living room in my boxers.