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The lost Christmas post
I had a whole post ready to go and I really did mean to write something funny and poignant about the holiday….but I left it hanging on my screen while the family went off to Christmas Eve service and...
View ArticleKnowing what crazy looks like doesn’t make it any easier to avoid
A cough in the middle of the night. Followed by another. Then a soft moan of discomfort. That’s all it takes. I’m transported to a night over two years ago when I woke up to hear Peyton crying in her...
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Moving isn’t for the faint of heart
Friday night, Peter and I dragged our tired, frustrated carcasses back into the apartment he keeps in Alabama. An afternoon of scoping houses had turned futile and we found ourselves in a Mexican...
View Articleand the house goes to….(guess who watched the Golden Globes last night)
Guess who’s going to be the owner of a beautiful Barbie Dream House (no, not the Barbie meth house) in Georgia?? Do you want to know? Do you REALLY want to know? So do we. Contract FAIL. NO no no, they...
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Getting De-ported
I’m only going to say this once: I’m totally legal, I’m a citizen! No one’s getting deported. What we’re doing is getting DE-ported. This post is about Peyton. July 14, 2006 saw us here Peyton looking...
View ArticleIt’s hard work being this crazy
I have struggled with whether or not to share this much insight. Because I don’t want you all to really think I’m crazy. But, honestly, have I ever really tried to play up the image of perfect sanity?...
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Never thought I’d quote the Rolling Stones, but they got that want/need thing...
It’s hard when you come eye to eye with traits in your personality you wish didn’t exist. Maybe you know they’re there and you work around them…sometimes better able to control them than others....
View ArticleAnatomy of a nervous breakdown
Since the moment Peyton was diagnosed with Leukemia we were taught that everything in our lives depended on one piece of paper. Counts. It told us if she needed blood products. It told us how strong or...
View ArticleRice and Buttons
I’ll bet you’re thinking there’s some exquisite inside joke in that title. And there probably is. But that’s not what this post is about. This is about the most infuriating bowl of rice I’ve ever...
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Three years
Today marks three years to the day that Peyton was diagnosed with Leukemia. Our most craptastic anniversary. Over the past 36 months, I’ve kept a Bible verse in the header of this site. It was three...
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