We all have our own unique way of grieving and our hopes of how those will grieve for us one day. Roger Margason, or Dorien Grey (his author pseudonym), passed away yesterday after complications during a procedure on Friday that left his life in the balance for two days. This was unexpected. This was tragic. […]
The Dad Update
Let me state right up front that I’m not writing this for sympathy or as a “poor me” pity party. I’m writing it because I feel the need to keep some sort of record of things as they happen. It’s easy to forget the details or confuse them later on, so I want to make […]
The True Definition of Romance…Isn’t This
I posted an update on Facebook this past week expressing something along the lines of thinking everybody deserved to have flowers sent to them at least once. Well, aside from their death and despite the fact I have a list of folks who I’m looking forward to sending flowers to for their funeral. That point […]
An Only Existence
My parents set out to have one child…to start with. Naturally, if they didn’t get it right the first time, they were free to try again. I think it was very fortunate that I came out first because they had absolutely no need to continue on with that whole process. I figure I saved them […]
Bumping Bibles: A Bad Cup of Tea
I rarely pay much attention to politics, especially local politics in my state, unless things get really stupid. And I comment on it even less because…well, you can point out stupid, but there’s always that group of people who say “Yeah, but what they stand for is more important and their message is what matters.” […]
Through Eyes Different Than Your Own
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Isn’t that the expression? I usually get “His is a face only a mother could love.” But, hey, there’s a kind of beauty in that too. I’m a people watcher. I enjoy looking around and picking out the people who present themselves in ways that absolutely fascinates […]
Needing A Thick Skin In This Family
Tuesday was a bit of a bizarre day. It ended with me dreaming I was in a pitch meeting for Top Gun 2. Yes, Top Gun 2. I was concerned the studio was just going to make some cheap, awful film with a crap storyline, bad actors, and zero direction. Why would I think that? […]
Aging. It’s Bullshit!
You know what? This whole aging thing isn’t working for me. I’m serious. And it’s just hitting me a bit harder this year than in others. I received a call from a friend and he told me his son is graduating from high school this year. I laughed. “Good one. You punked me!” Yeah, he […]
Enema: The Awkward Conversation Topic To Have With Mom
There are just some conversations I never expected to have with my parents, especially my mother. I can now technically say anything I want to my father and he’ll forget about it in less than a minute, but that takes the fun out of it, doesn’t it? And I say a lot to you folks, […]
When Things Start To Build Up On You
Some weeks are better than others. Last week wasn’t one of them. I think it was a combination of everything building up from three months of taking on too much and not giving myself a break. My thought process behind not giving myself a break is that if my mother can handle all the stress […]
