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A Heart Breaks Unevenly
I sit here still stunned. Saddened. Not knowing if there was something I could’ve done, or should’ve done. If there was a moment when I should’ve known, could have stepped in and changed what...
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The Wonder Dog
There is but one saving grace, one savior I can look to during the heights of Austin’s stubbornness and stress: Sparkie the Wonder Dog. “Remember,” I say as we enter the animal shelter, “all three...
View ArticleTogether (an OS love song)
There are timesthat I wish you could see meas I see meAnd when those times occurredyou would squint in recognitionin truth and knowThat what you seeis a person that is very much meand it seems a bit...
View ArticleBarely Breathing
Breathing. It sounds so simple until one breaks it down. A slow intake in of breath, a mindful exhalation: these actions are not so simple when one is accustomed to running on empty.********* I...
View ArticleThe Remembering
Today is the fifth anniversary of my son's accident. Of his being hit by a car and having a severe traumatic brain injury. For the last four years, January 16th rolls towards me with insistence....
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Sparkie, the Wonder Dog
This is an edited version of an earlier posting. Sparkie died todayand this is my tribute. “Remember,” I say as we enter the animal shelter, “all three of us have to agree on the dog. Got it?”...
View ArticleA Call to D-O-G
I’ve been lurking in the corners.Pretending that I only casually notice the cutie in the corner.I croon to the guy moaning in anticipation of my touch.The reality is that I am now a regular at the...
View ArticleKeeping it Weird, Austin Style
I don’t remember the exact search term I typed into Google. I remember the results showed an open call for Open Salon on a topic with which I was becoming overly familiar, Parenting Children With...
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